 | 1817 - 692 pages
...very voice and manner were peculiarly affectionate and winning; it might truly be said of him, that ." As a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way" Besides.his knowledge was not confined to theology ; he was a man of research and general information... | |
 | England - 1850 - 938 pages
...call, Ha watched and wept, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment trie?, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." One more remark, one other brief quotation, and we quit this most fascinating poem, which nestles deeper... | |
 | Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour - 1820 - 326 pages
...scuson and tut of season; reproving, rebuking, and exhorting with all long-mjj'ering and gentleness: " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...skies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way." On the 17th of February, 1685, aged 71, he bid adieu... | |
 | Arminianism - 1838 - 1014 pages
...watch'd, and wept, and pray'd, nnd felt for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.' " Indeed, having once known an individual, he seems never to have forgotten him. In his last letter... | |
 | Fireside scenes - 1825 - 920 pages
...leaves the storm, Though rolling clouds around its bosom spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. GoLDSMITHTHE COUNTRY CURATE. JOHN CHALONER is one of my oldest friends. He has travelled along the... | |
 | James M'Henry - Ireland - 1825 - 348 pages
...wept, he pray'd, and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt hernete-jledged offspring to the skies,. He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. GOLDSMITH. AFTER breakfast the next morning, our three conspirators arranged a plan of recruiting for... | |
 | George Bull (bp. of St. David's.) - 1825 - 340 pages
...admonished the young, consoled the mourner, and supplied the wants of the distressed. Thus — — In his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. — Goldsmith. Antinomianism, which had sprung out of the abuse of the principles defended by the Synod... | |
 | William Leggett - 1829 - 250 pages
...Goldsmith's Deserted Village, his divine precepts received a forcible illustration from his example. " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." To console the widowhood, and engage the attention of his bereaved partner, a son, the sole remaining... | |
 | Asa Cummings - Clergy - 1830 - 434 pages
...solicitude, and of the various exertions to which it prompted him, are the lines of the poet : — " And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." It would be matter for lamentation, if the preceding statements of insulated facts should be so interpreted... | |
 | Asa Cummings - Clergy - 1830 - 460 pages
...with very little effect." — How appropriate to this beloved pastor are the lines of Goldsmith ." And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." • ' Suppose you take the capacity for happiness, which has been said by philosophers to be the only... | |
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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... 
