 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
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1865 - 310 pàgines
...the skies He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. At Church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 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,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1866 - 284 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,... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pàgines
...fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falteriug accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and...; 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 William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pàgines
...struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents v/hispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace,...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,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pàgines
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...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... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pàgines
...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, Aud his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...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,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pàgines
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...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,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pàgines
...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected gra~ce, His looks...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,... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1867 - 244 pàgines
...Far other .aims his heart had learned to prize — More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. To relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side — But in his... | |
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