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
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...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. Joy and sorrow... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...largely send : He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, Hegain'dfrom heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...a recompence as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven ('t was all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits...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 PROGRESS... | |
| English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...hurqble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and hie 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...humble birth, And melancholy inark'd him tor her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Hcav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, Hegain'dfrum heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; lleav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear; Ilegaiu'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No father seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
| 1822 - 694 pages
...soon came to his relief, and anguished and heart-broken he breathed his last in the Isle of 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.' JEREMY BENTHAM.... | |
| Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...Larsje was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompence as largely send : He gave to misery all he had — a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas all he wish'd)a friend. No further seek his meHis to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompence as largely send; He gave to misery all he had — a tear: He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas...'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. Joy and sorrow... | |
| 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... | |
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