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" 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... "
The Standard Fifth Reader: (first-class Standard Reader) : for Public and ... - Page 218
by Epes Sargent - 1857 - 478 pages
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The Deserted Village: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith - 1770 - 44 pages
...Carelefs Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and...as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the ikies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 42

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1770 - 604 pages
...began. * Thus to relieve the wretched was his pri Jc, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for i«. Ai.d , as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the flcies...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - 1771 - 590 pages
...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and...as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the fkies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter...
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide;. 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 new fledged offspring to the fkies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 3

Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 486 pages
...charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, ns a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offfpring to the fkiesi c (golfrfmttb^...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 3

Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 484 pages
...bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offfpring to the fkies; « ' ©3 He ^ .. He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds , and led the way. Befide the bed where parting life was laved, And forrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed^ The reverend...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 13

1794 - 574 pages
...his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide; But in his duty prompt at every call, Jle watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And,...tries,' To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the fkies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beßde...
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the english anthology

T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...his pride, And cv'n his failings leaned to Virtue's fide; But in his duty prompt at every call, 165 He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all;...as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the fides, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 3

1825 - 618 pages
...testimony with how much affection and concern she sought their welfare. « She watched and wept, she pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment...tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies ; She try'd each art, reproved each dull delay. Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way." The excellence...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 29

1851 - 772 pages
...his failings leaned to virtue's side, And in his duty prompt at every call, He watched, and wept, and prayed, and felt for all: And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-8edged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter...
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