 He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.  Poetical Works - Page 62by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 lehteFull view - About this book
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 lehte
...Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown d not on his humble birth , And Melancholy mark'dhimfor her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear I He gain d from Heav'n, 'tiuas. all he wish'd, a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 lehte
...humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd)— a friend No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 lehte
...Fortune and to Fame unknown; Pair Science frown'd not on his humble hirth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friendt No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 308 lehte
...largely send : He gave to misery all he had — a tear-, He gain'd from heaven, ('twas all he wish'd)a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their drear abode, ^There they alike in trembling hope repose,,) The bosom of his Father and his God. Joy... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 lehte
...attached, and who was a most excellent non-commissioned officer, and an honest, sober, upright man." " No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode; (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God! " THE MORTAR... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 lehte
...gave to misery all he had, a tear; He gaiu'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther weet, Wh 18/ abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God. THE PROGRESS... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 lehte
...Misery ( ail he had ) a tear, He gain' d from Heav'd ( 'twas ail he wish' d ) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. LE CIMETIÈRE... | |
 | Richard S. Wheeler - 1992 - 360 lehte
...Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown 'd not on his humble birth And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. "Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere;...largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. "No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 lehte
...gave to Mis'iy all he had, a tear, He gain'dfrom Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode. (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. EDGAR GUEST... | |
 | Susanne Fusso - 1993 - 224 lehte
...version is a bit less Manilovian: "Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, / Heav'n did a recompence as largely send: / He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a...gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend" (p. 120). 28. Polevoi, no. 19, pp. 369-70. The letters of Zhukovskii's friends at times attain (and... | |
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