| New friends - 1858 - 152 pages
...gradually corrected the old.' ' He is like the good pastor in the Deserted Village? said Mrs. Kent, ' And, as a bird, each fond endearment tries To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies ! ' ' Yes,' said Lady Leslie, ' and he adds to this tenderness a strength of character that ensures... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1858 - 114 pages
...Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, 165 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 skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds,... | |
| Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 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 its new fledged ofispring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and... | |
| Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 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. Beside the bed where parting... | |
| Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...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...fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting... | |
| Michael Bernard Buckley - 1868 - 436 pages
...may be well applied the beautifully characteristic verse of his celebrated fellow-countryman : — " He tried each art, rebuked each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." The great work, however, was, as yet, scarce half completed. He knew that the road of virtue and religion,... | |
| 1875 - 402 pages
...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 to the skies, He tiied each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. The description... | |
| Thomas Hawes Haskell - 1875 - 164 pages
...at every call, He watched, and wept, he prayed and felt for all, And as a bird, each fond endeavor 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." Since then there have been installed... | |
| Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1877 - 192 pages
...clergyman. To soothe and help the wretched was his pride And ee'n his failings leaned to virtue side, While, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its...fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay Allured to brighter worlds and led the way. — Leatherhead. The next have... | |
| William MacIlwaine - 1878 - 396 pages
...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 fledg'd offspring to the skies, He trie<jl each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
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