Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His... The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 19by Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 231 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1802 - 130 pages
...quite forgot their vices in their woe ; E Carelefs Carelefs their merits, or their faults to fcan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his prkle, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtues fide ; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn 'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failingslean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch 'd and wept,... | |
| Letter writing - 1803 - 268 pages
...fiziished ; though there remain in the mind a kind of distant expectation of something to come ; as, " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en...side • But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and \vept, he pray'd and felt for all." GOLDSMITH. A PERIOD makes the fullest distinction,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 366 pages
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Carelefs their merits or their faults to fcan, His pity gave ere charity began *). Thus to relieve the wretched -was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's fide; But, in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe...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 fond endearment tries, To tempt... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man leirn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe;...their' faults to scan,. His pity gave ere charity hegan. Mm- to relievc the wretched mi his pride. And e'en his failings lean'd -to virtue's side; ,... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. * Pleas'd with his guests , th« good man learn 'd to glow , And quite forgot their vices in their Woe...their merits , or their faults to scan , His pity gave , e'er charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride j And e'«n his failings lean'd to... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; r^r-ftsert /tt.t rct•itywM,- &?• fa/tj r?f •f trryw... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...learn'd to -And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Carelels their merits or their faults to lean, His pity gave ere charity began, Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's fide ; lJut, in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, .He watch'd and... | |
| Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Artists - 1805 - 422 pages
...riches, and by his extensive benevolence : his heart was ever open to the calls of distress; for, ' Careless their merits or their faults to scan, ' His pity gave ere charity began.' When Cipriani was making the designs for the Orlando Furioso, in a frontispiece, he delineated Time... | |
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