 Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity...  Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ... - Page 495edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults...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,... | |
 | miss Aimwell (pseud.) - 1822 - 838 pages
...FRINTEO FOB AK NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET. GOOD-NATURE; ou, SENSIBILITY. ' . **V' a CaU. ..'*': Careless their merits or their faults to scan— His pity gave ere charity began. GOLDSMITH. VOL. I. B GOOD-NATURE. " CL ANALVON, Clanalvon, my love !" cried the mother of the young... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits, or their faults...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Aud ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, • He watch'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...fields were won. [glow, Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to And quite forgot their vices sign'd, In person graceful, and in sense even his failings Ican'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 738 pages
...More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, Hi» pitv gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, End even his failings Ican'd to virtue's side ; ut in his duly prompt at every call, He watch'd and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits, or their faults...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His...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 ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | James M'Henry - Ireland - 1825 - 348 pages
...pleasure, and withdrew to repose. CHAPTER XI. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And etfn 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... | |
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