 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds* and led the way. Beside the bed...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his contronl, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul—... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish...came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fauit'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1819 - 418 pages
...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...delay, " Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way." He had now attained to an advanced age ; and his health, which had been robust, began to decline. The... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
..., he pray'd and felt for abl: And , as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledg'd offspring to the skies; He tried each art, reprov'd...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain , by turns dismay' dt The rev'rend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish ßed the struggling soul;... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...guilt, and pain, by turns disrnay'd^ 'The rev'rend champion stood. At his contrcn!, ,,' . . Ddspair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; - • • .....•" Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, • • -'•'•'• '. '/'. A«d his last fault'ring accents whisper'd praige. ", , , •.... , At... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 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...turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 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...delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort... | |
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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. 
