 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast; The ruin'd spendthrift,... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...seek for power, By doctrines fashion 'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had Iearn'd°to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise....chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain, The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, "Whose beard, descending, swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagina’s
...doctrines fashioned to the varying hour: Far other aims his heart had learned to prize— More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was...chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain: The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast; The ruined spendthrift,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pagina’s
...heart had learned to prize. More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to al! the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved...had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier kindly bid to stay, S at by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pagina’s
...or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but reliev'd their pain ; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 pagina’s
...for power, [place; By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise' the wretched than to...their wanderings, but relieved their pain; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept bis aged breast; The ruiu'd spendthrift,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pagina’s
...or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pagina’s
...or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift,... | |
 | Jonathan Duncan - 1825 - 274 pagina’s
...or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour : Far other aims his heart had Icarn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pagina’s
...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, —...chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard, desce&ding, swept his aged breast : i The ruined... | |
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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 long remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast... 
