 A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying...  The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine - Seite 3321836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Benjamin Richings - 1854 - 326 Seiten
...in power, The precious seed shall leave the dust, A glorious and immortal flower. J. MONTGOMERY. THE VILLAGE PASTOR: UNSKILFUL he to fawn, or seek for...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. In sacred duty prompt at sorrow's call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 Seiten
...year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 Seiten
...; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. The... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 Seiten
...from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned...Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train; He chid their... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1855 - 338 Seiten
...precious seed shall leave the dust, A glorious and immortal flower. J. MoNXOOMEBY. THE VILLAGE PASTOR. he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. In sacred duty prompt at sorrow's call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird... | |
 | 1855 - 462 Seiten
...Lord Hastings, and the inild and conciliatory governments of Cornwallis and Minto. •' Unpractised he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varyi.ig hour." Thus prepared to like each other, by mutual esteem, and by a general coincidence of... | |
 | Isaac Weston - 1855 - 392 Seiten
...extent than he did, had his people thought such a course compatible with his feeble health. "Unskillful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the passing hour. Far other aims, his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched, than... | |
 | Bridgewater (Mass.) - 1856 - 172 Seiten
...year: Eemote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...— More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried... | |
 | Bridgewater (Mass.) - 1856 - 198 Seiten
...year: Remote from towns he ran his godly race, ' Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...— More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 Seiten
...year. Remote from towns he ran liis godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved 'their pain.... | |
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