 | James M'Henry - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 348
...withdrew to repose. CHAPTER XI. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And etfn his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every...And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt hernete-jledged offspring to the skies,. He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side : But, in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for...And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledg'd offspring to the skies ; He tried eacn art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
 | 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...dying penitent. Neither business nor pleasure was permitted to interrupt these holy employments, " For in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all." Nor was he less careful to minister, perhaps even beyond his means, to the temporal wants of the afflicted.... | |
 | 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 498
...dying penitent. Neither business nor pleasure was permitted to interrupt these holy employments, " For in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all." Nor was he less careful to minister, perhaps even beyond his means, to the temporal wants of the afflicted.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...pride, And even his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every eall, He wateh'd teed, the floating line, And all eaeh fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried eaeh art, reprov'd... | |
 | 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 300
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every...as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
 | Derbyshire Archaeological Society - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 252
...lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept—he pray'd—and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He try'd each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - عدد الصفحات: 260
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even 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.10 Early in William Cowper's "Charity" (1782) the poet... | |
 | Charles R. Henery - 1995 - عدد الصفحات: 176
...spendthrifts and wounded soldiers. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride And e'n his failings leaned to Virtue's side But in his duty prompt at every call,...as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
 | American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia - 1922 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...him the words of the poet : ". . . 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 her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay. Allured to brighter... | |
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Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for... 
