 Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring...  Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson - Página 430por Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 772 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Baker Peter Smith - 1852 - 132 páginas
...contemporaneous and often quoted brother author, the lovely bard of Erin, — " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring...Allured to brighter worlds, — and led the way." My grandfather's discourses combine the classical correctness of Dr. Johnson, and the logic of Dr.... | |
 | Sheffield collegiate sch - 1852 - 48 páginas
...have attached to their first utterance, apply to him the words of our poet, — And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. We would add the prayer that ho may be permitted to enjoy many long years of usefulness, activity,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 páginas
...virtuous man, slandered by evil tongues, is like a diamond obscured by smoke." " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." Q. What is the foundation of this figure? A. Analogy, or resemblance, either in character 0t effect.... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 páginas
...his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, ho prayed and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed. The reverend... | |
 | 1853 - 560 páginas
...his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1853 - 314 páginas
...— affection for their beloved dead who have died in the Lord. IS HEAVEN A PLACE? And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Is heaven a place, or is it a state of existence merely ? Has it locality, and is it material ? Shall... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Cook - 1854 - 446 páginas
...his duty prompt in every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay. Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." cmc Bookbinding Co., Inc. 300 Summer Street Boston, Miss. 02210 BX9969C74C6 Memoir of Rev. Andover•Harvard... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 páginas
...his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pains, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | Thomas Whittemore - 1854 - 444 páginas
...his duty prompt, at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." Thus Mr. Ballou pursued his work in Portsmouth ; always faithful, affectionate and conscientious. He... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 páginas
...his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 170 I Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The... | |
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