 Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 580by Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 695 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 pages
...the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood : at his control Despair...trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 560 pages
...the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, . Despair...trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, 183 9 The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair...trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - Reformed Church - 1857 - 428 pages
...here : " Beside the bed of death, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by times dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control,...down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whispered praise." During that dreadful season of pestilence, many families struck... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...prevails o'er Death and Time ! THE VILLAGE PARSON. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his...; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1858 - 480 pages
...Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But, ilk his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept,...raise And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway ; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...way\ 4. Beside the bed where parting life was laid And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismay'd', The reverend champion stood*. At his control, Despair...trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. ' t 5. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his...; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady... | |
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