 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...  Collections of the Maine Historical Society - Page 259by Maine Historical Society - 1856Full view - About this book
 | James Wilson - Biography - 1838 - 372 pages
...LIFE Of REV. RICHARD LUCAS, DD *' Ana as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new tiedged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." THERE is no period of our history, that has produced such a numher of polemic writers, as appeared... | |
 | William Merry - 1839 - 112 pages
...MERRY, ESQ. There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclo The village preacher's modest mansion rose. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way. READING: G. LOVEJOY, LONDON STREET. LONDON: HAMILTON AND ADAMS, PATERNOSTER ROW; WHITTAKEB AND CO.... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...Hewatch'dandwept, hepray'dandfeltforall; And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way." To me the labours of his life had been peculiarly useful ; I enjoyed an almost daily intercourse with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...wept, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...wept, he prayed and felt for all; And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Goldsmith. THEY SHOULD BE PEACEABLE AND PATIENT. 1 Cor. ix. 12; x. 32, 33. 2 Cor. vi. 3. 1 Tim. iii.... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1839 - 496 pages
...wept, he prayed and felt, for all : And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." I remember to have heard him say, when speaking of his continual interruptions, " I see in this world... | |
 | Great Britain - 1843 - 600 pages
...pray'd and felt, for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries . .^ ยป . To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. And there was her name cherished and dwelt upon at each returning festival of the year. And thither... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Massachusetts - 1839 - 674 pages
...friend to mankind. Ever ready to hear affliction's cry, And trace his Maker's will with a curious eye, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His look adorned the venerable place." The names of some... | |
 | 1839 - 540 pages
...illustrating again and again the same truths, in different methods, to those slow of apprehension, " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." ' Previous to a young person's first attendance at the holy communion, he generally conversed with... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1839 - 204 pages
...: " And, as a bird each fond endearment trie*, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, She tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way !" Mrs. Rumpff had no children of her own. She adopted, however, the only son of her oldest sister,... | |
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