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... The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ... - Page 63 by Henry Marlen - 1838 Full view -
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