 | 1770 - 742 sider
...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 e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's fide; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt,... | |
 | 1741 - 858 sider
...thing That feebly bends be fide the fplafliy Ipi ing, She, wretched matron, forc'd, in age, tor bread, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt ics new fledged offspring to the Ikies ; He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Alliu-'d to brighter... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1770 - 506 sider
...began. ; Thus1 to relieve the wretched was his pride. And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and...endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the fkies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. '... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1770 - 608 sider
...began. ' Thus to .relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's iide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and...as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the fkies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1770 - 604 sider
...began. ' Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide ; • But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, Tor °** And, as a bird each fond endearment tries. To tempt itj new fledged offspring to the flciet... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1771 - 590 sider
...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and...as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the fkies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 sider
...pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's fide;. But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt, for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the fides i He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 sider
...failings lean'd to Virtue's fide ; 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 new-fledg'd offspring to the fkies ; He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
 | William Scott (teacher of elocution, Edinburgh.) - 1781 - 470 sider
...failings lean'd to virtue's fide : 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 new-fledg'd offspring to the (kies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, AUur'd to brighter... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 sider
...failings lean'd to Virtue's fide ; 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 new-fledg'd offspring to the Odes ; He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
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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... 
