 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 leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt,...  The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine - Seite 3321836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...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 all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 Seiten
...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 leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...faults to scan, His 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, 165 He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even 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 all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 Seiten
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even 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 all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its... | |
 | Lennox Robinson - 1925 - 370 Seiten
...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 all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt... | |
 | Lennox Robinson - 1925 - 368 Seiten
...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 all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt... | |
 | 1926 - 780 Seiten
...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 leaned to 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... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 Seiten
...the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, Thus to relieve the wretched was ؉ , And still where many a garden flower He watched and wept, he prayed and felt grows wild; for all ;... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 Seiten
...faults to scan, His 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. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new... | |
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