 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 Seiten
...from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his pi ,ce ; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned...to the varying hour: Far other aims his heart had learned to prize,— More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. The ruined spendthrift, now no longer... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 Seiten
...towns he ran his godly race, , Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his plice : Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned...to the varying hour : Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, — More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1829 - 176 Seiten
...seeketh his happiness apart from thee! He shall be miserably disappointed. CHAPTER II. " Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power* By doctrines fashioned...to the varying hour, Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched, than to rise. To them his heart, his love, his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 Seiten
...chang'd, nor wish'dt change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd + / His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...year; Remote from towns, he ran bis godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to'change his place; love: And if, in absence, I have disemployed A mite from the rich store ; if I have spent learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise, His house was known to all the vagrant... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More hent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...nor wish'd to change, his place : Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour : Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize — More skill'd to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 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...to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize — More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 Seiten
...his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines, fashion'd to the varying hour ; 10 Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize ; More bent to raise the wretched, than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wand'rings, but rehev'd their The long... | |
 | Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 Seiten
...better." CHAPTER VI. HIS BENEFICENCE. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour : Far other aims his heart had...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His home was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wandering, but relieved their pain. *****... | |
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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... 
