 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...  Wisconsin Journal of Education - Seite 2751900Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1871 - 870 Seiten
...aptly quotes the well-known lines : " And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." When this inventive pastor had lost the sense of feeling in his right arm and left side, and so had... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 Seiten
...wept, he pray'd and felt, for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | 1844 - 524 Seiten
...people. The same tender care has been beautifully expressed in poetry under another similitude. — ' And as a bird, each fond endearment tries To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies, He tries each art, reproves each dull delay, Allures to brighter worlds, and leads the way. ' Secondly.... | |
 | 1845 - 614 Seiten
...wept, he prayed and felt, for allAnd, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 Seiten
...wept, he pray'd and felt for aB; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | 1897 - 960 Seiten
...church, noted for his earnest eloquence in the pulpit and his missionary work among the poor, with whom " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way;" and his mother was Sarah Leader, a Nova Scotian by birth, a suitable helpmate for her husband in works... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1995 - 458 Seiten
...call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment ti'ics To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies, He...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." "To them his heart, his love, his grief were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven.... | |
 | Charles R. Henery - 1995 - 176 Seiten
...Virtue's side But in 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 fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds,... | |
 | American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia - 1922 - 374 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Gordon Mursell - 2001 - 604 Seiten
...wept, he prayed and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...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... | |
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