 Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds or...  Life and Times of the Right Hon. John Bright - Página 57por William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1889 - 604 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 páginas
...claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - 1851 - 506 páginas
...the conquest, written from memory, many years afterward, when like the old soldier La Goldsmith, he " Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won," we shall have a pretty good idea of the ancient city, or at least as it appeared to the excited imaginations... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 páginas
...claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by the fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 páginas
...claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; dependently of all modes and customs, opened the curtain in the manner an old friend and brother offi Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless... | |
 | Henry Giles - 1851 - 322 páginas
...soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by the fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, and tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won." We have all, too, followed this good man to the House of Prayer, where he shone with unaffected grace,... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 páginas
...allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bid to stay, ' i55 Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow ' And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - 1852 - 392 páginas
...the conquest, written from memory, many years afterward, when like the old soldier in Goldsmith, he " Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won," we shall have a pretty good idea of the ancient city, or at least as it appeared to the excited imaginations... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 páginas
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1852 - 234 páginas
...playwriters. — where are they 1 and the poets, — are their fires extinguished?" — H. More, " We] t o'er his wounds, or. tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won." Goldsmith. " liujoice. you men of Angiers, ring your bells !" — Shakspeare. RULE 15. — AVhen either... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 páginas
...claim allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
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