 Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring...  Brooklyn Medical Journal - Page 5661897Full view - About this book
 | William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 pages
...for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to 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, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to 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, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. While the memory of such a brother was yet fresh in his heart, and his grief was green, it no doubt... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...for all; And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to 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, guilt, and pain by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new fledged offspring to the skies, s, and even the inland parts of Europe, by their depredations, having now learned the arts Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
 | 1844 - 406 pages
..."Just as the bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies ; They tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." HD INTELLIGENCE. BAPTIST HOME MISSIONS. ii i lili i: us riK ii'. Public worship having been maintained... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pages
...felt, for allAnd, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to 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, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...for aB; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to 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, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | John Pring - 1845 - 224 pages
...sufferer's heart, Thus of him, those who godliness admire, May truly say, as Goldsmith, of his sire,— " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way."1 As some rich cluster of Autumnal fruit, In ripened beauty trembles on the shoot, Then yielding... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried eacli art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
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