 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 pages
...virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he felt and pray'd for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledg'd offspring to the sides; He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1852 - 388 pages
...from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray ; Aud as n bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new...fledged offspring to the skies : He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Altur'd to brighter woildi and led the way." larly affected bearers of a... | |
 | John Newton - 1853 - 370 pages
...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...fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." I remember to have heard him... | |
 | John Ross Dix - 1854 - 276 pages
...are preached " to simple hearts" in such places, when the minister freely mingles with his flock, " And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies, He checks each haste, — reproves each dull delay, Allures to brighter worlds and leads the way." But... | |
 | 1855 - 248 pages
...virtue's side ; But, in his duty prompt at ev'ry 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 fleg'd offspring to the skies : He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Al'ur'd to brighter worlds,... | |
 | 1900 - 352 pages
...its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." — Goldsmith. 19. "And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way," — Goldsmith. 20. "The wicked... | |
 | Ipswich series - 1856 - 748 pages
...training its young to the lofty nights which are congenial to its nature, where he says :— "And as the bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies; He tried each art, reproved each doll delay, AUured to brighter worlds, aud led the way."— GOLDSMITH. The Rev. Matthew... | |
 | Eleazer Smith - 1856 - 300 pages
...childish sports ; then when these sports had wearied, told you of your heavenly father. " And as the bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way." And then that mother too, whose... | |
 | Frederic Denison - 1857 - 104 pages
...that ' * * * " 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...fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds,, and led the way." CHAPTER VI. NOTES OF THE FIRST... | |
 | Frederic Denison - 1857 - 102 pages
...him, that « * * " 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 Hedged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds,... | |
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And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 
