 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and...prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoif, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...the skies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 448 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 fault'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church with meek and unaffected grace. His looks... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 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... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 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... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1918 - 986 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,...struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wTetch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 436 pages
...anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scofi, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - Readers - 1919 - 458 pages
...skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. is Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow,...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, 20 And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church with meek and unaffected grace His looks... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1919 - 106 pages
...way. 170 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...down the trembling wretch to raise, 175 And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the... | |
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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. 
