 At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.  Complete Works - Page 270by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran . Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adoru'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double away, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Even children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fault'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, aroun,d the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd .his gown,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...last fauit'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. _At cln.rch, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks a'lorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With jsteady zeal, each honest rustic rah : Even children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place j ' , , Truth from his lips prevail'd with double swayV . And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray-. ". ' .' The service past, around the pious man, , .... ', '.. i .With ready zeal each honest rustic rau ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...last fault'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...last fait' ring accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain' d to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran... | |
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