 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pains, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control. Despair...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church with mock and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1838 - 684 pages
...Behold him sitting "Beside the bed where parting life wa« \M, With sorrow, guilt, ami feur, by turn« dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control,...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And bis last faltering accents whisper'd praise." Such a man partakes of that divine nature, that came... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...the way. Beside the bed where "parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow,...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last, faltering accents whispered praise. Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...the way. Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair...soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow,...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last, faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. ark the year, and mark the night. When Severn shall...ring, Shrieks of au agonising King ! She-wolf (2) And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow,...soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
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The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 
