 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 - Bible - 1822 - 194 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 its... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...his crutch, and show'dhow fields were won. [glow, Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...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 its... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...his crutch, and show'dhow fields were won. [glow, Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lear1'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd aqd... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 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 failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | miss Aimwell (pseud.) - 1822 - 838 pages
...FRINTEO FOB AK NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET. GOOD-NATURE; ou, SENSIBILITY. ' . **V' a CaU. ..'*': Careless their merits or their faults to scan— His pity gave ere charity began. GOLDSMITH. VOL. I. B GOOD-NATURE. " CL ANALVON, Clanalvon, my love !" cried the mother of the young... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 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 failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Aud ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, • He watch'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...his crutch , and show'd how fields were won. [glow, Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to d, by nature for the stage design'd, In person graceful, and in sense even his failings Ican'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 738 pages
...hour: Far other aims bis heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, Hi» pitv gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, End even his failings Ican'd to virtue's side ; ut in his duly prompt at every call, He watch'd and... | |
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