 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 sider
...vices in their woe ; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 sider
...vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side : But, in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 sider
...vices in their wo; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side: But, in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all: And, as a bird each... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - 1828 - 352 sider
...lands are to be appropriated to the purchase of Shrouds for Criminals, who should suffer at RingsThus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. The Deserted Village.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 sider
...vice« in their woe ; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. uld be said, My heels eclipsed the honours of my head ; That I found humour in a piebald vest, Or his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all; And, as a bird each... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 400 sider
...present to the public, I shall conclude what I have now to say, in the beautiful lines of Goldsmith — " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side." CHAPTER II. SNOWDON. Being the first memorandum, in point of date, which was found among the papers... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sider
...vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave, ere charity began. 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... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 sider
...vices in their woe; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty, prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And, as a bird each... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 sider
...their woe; . Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His jjity gave ere charity began. .• ^ . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all; And, as a bird each... | |
 | 1840 - 420 sider
...the pious Herbert — who may be considered a model of a Church of England country parson : — '' Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all ; And, as a bird each... | |
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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. 
