 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 lehte
...leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, 165 He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 170 Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismayed, The... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 lehte
...failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. LESSON 97. 266. 1. Render the following Extract into correct Prose, according to Directions No. 241.... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 lehte
...pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged oflspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay 'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | Sheffield collegiate sch - 1852 - 48 lehte
...propriety as could ever have attached to their first utterance, apply to him the words of our poet, — And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...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 lehte
...this figure ? A. " A virtuous man, slandered by evil tongues, is like a diamond obscured by smoke." " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...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.... | |
 | Baker Peter Smith - 1852 - 132 lehte
...clergyman, given by his contemporaneous and often quoted brother author, the lovely bard of Erin, — " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...Allured to brighter worlds, — and led the way." My grandfather's discourses combine the classical correctness of Dr. Johnson, and the logic of Dr.... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1852 - 412 lehte
...race, the happiness Of one poor individual, Or of unnumber'd thousands be attained." SG BULLFINCH. " And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." GOLDSMITH. THERE is no moral object so beautiful to me as a conscientious young man ! I watch him as... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 lehte
...failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, ho prayed and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed. The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | 1853 - 560 lehte
...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...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1853 - 314 lehte
...all human ties, — 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...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... | |
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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... 
