 He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.  Poetical Works - Sida 62efter Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 sidor
...misery all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) — a friend. No longer seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they, alike, in trembling hope repose) • The bosom of his Father and his God. GRAY.... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 sidor
...fame unknown, Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark him for her ownLarge was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He give to mis'rv all he had, a tear. He gain d from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'J) a friend. No further... | |
 | 1815 - 712 sidor
...resolute mind : that mind owed liule to Learning, and Hut form owed nothing to the Graces. " No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, LPose) (There they alike in trembling hope reTii' bosom of his Father and his God." Dec. 9.... | |
 | Friedrich von Matthisson - 1815 - 272 sidor
...паф be» 2Utenf>um¿ ehrwürbiger Opferfitte/ ber Urne bei 11п|1егЬ(|феп weihten ! No farther seek his merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God. Gray. 7' Unfer... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 sidor
...fortune and to fame unknown , Fair science frown'dnot on bis humble birln,. And melancholy mark'd him for her own,. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...send : He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He gaia'd fifom IJeuv'n ('twas all be wish'd) a friend. Nor farther seek his merits to disclose^ Or draw... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 sidor
...Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompenfe as largely lend : He gave to MiScry all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wifh'd) a friend. No farther feek his merits to difclofe, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sidor
...gave to Misery all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven, 'twas all he wish'd, a Friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties' from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and hii God. I ODE ON THE... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 sidor
...Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had — a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 sidor
...mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He eain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) — a friend. Nn farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they, alike, in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God. XL— Sci/iio... | |
 | Wilkes Allen - 1820 - 206 sidor
...Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? No farther seek his merits to disclose Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, There they alike in trembling hope repose, The bosom of his Father and his God ! Rev. Mr. Stoddard... | |
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