 At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.  Studies from the English Poets - Pàgina 497per George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 519 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pàgines
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pàgines
...way. GOLDSMITH. I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men. BANTER. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. GOLDSMITH. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed,... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 pàgines
...controul, Despair and anguish fled the strnggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway ; And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, , With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pàgines
...control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Oomfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pàgines
...control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pàgines
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed,... | |
 | Brother Wagtale (Pseud.) - 1864 - 228 pàgines
...their heart ; for now we can say of Mr. Whackimwell, as Goldsmith says of the "village preacher," " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray." Not greater was the change effected in Dr. O'Flynn : he, too, was fond of indulging in controversy,... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pàgines
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway; And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 pàgines
...control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man With ready zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pàgines
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children followed... | |
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