 | 1806 - 330 pages
...And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt his new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter...where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pains, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 pages
...a bird each fond endearment tries, • ' To tempt its ncw-fledg'd offspring to the fkies ; He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur"d to brighter worlds, and led the way. Betide the bed where parting life was laid, And forrow, guilt, and pain, by turns difmay'd, The reverend... | |
 | 1808 - 512 pages
...tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies ; He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, I to brighter worlds, and led the way. " Beside the...turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul, Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies ; He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns disrbay'8, . The reveren'd champion stood. At his contvoul, ; Despair and anguish fled the struggling... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 236 pages
...And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way." If this idea cab be equalled by another, m any language, ancient of modern, it is by that with which... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...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...And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...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...where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pains, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies. He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter...And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd* The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...tempt her new- Hedg'd offspring to the skies : He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allar'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed,...And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rcr'rend cbainpioa stood: at his controvl Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the Ikies, * He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Befide the bed where parting life was laid, And forrow, guilt, and pain, by turns difmay'd, The rev'rend... | |
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The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 
