 He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.  Poetical Works - Page 62by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...preservation. There scatter'd oft, the earlicst of the year, By hands unseen are showers of violets found; Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown d not on his humble birth , And Melancholy mark'dhimfor her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear I He gain d from Heav'n, 'tiuas. all he wish'd, a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd)— a friend No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...Fortune and to Fame unknown; Pair Science frown'd not on his humble hirth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friendt No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...largely send : He gave to misery all he had — a tear-, He gain'd from heaven, ('twas all he wish'd)a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their drear abode, ^There they alike in trembling hope repose,,) The bosom of his Father and his God. Joy... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...attached, and who was a most excellent non-commissioned officer, and an honest, sober, upright man." " No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode; (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God! " THE MORTAR... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...gave to misery all he had, a tear; He gaiu'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther weet, Wh 18/ abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God. THE PROGRESS... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...Misery ( ail he had ) a tear, He gain' d from Heav'd ( 'twas ail he wish' d ) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. LE CIMETIÈRE... | |
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