To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm... Poetical Works - Page 31by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown to share the good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd: To them, his heart, his love, his... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...the pious man With ready 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 ; His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd; Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd. To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n: As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd; Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd. To them his heart, his love, his... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...his last, faltering accents whispered praise. Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile; His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed: To them his heart, his love, his... | |
| Robert Pollok - Covenanters - 1829 - 176 pages
...hour, Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched, than to rise. To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had vent in heaven, As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And ptuck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest ; Their welfare pieas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all... | |
| Robert Forby - East Anglia (England) - 1830 - 340 pages
...man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their care distressed : To them his heart, his love, his... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...mau, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed with endearing wile, And plucked ir images on earth it flows, And in the breasts of kings and heroes glows. expressed. Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed ; To them his heart, hi» love, his... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pages
...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile,...ready smile, a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares dietrest." In conversation, amongst those he knew, there ran a rich vein... | |
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