Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity... English Poetry and Poets - Seite 247von Sarah Warner Brooks - 1890 - 506 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 Seiten
..., and had his claims allowM; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay ; Sat by his fire , and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds , or tales of sorrow done , Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. * Pleas'd with his guests , th« good man... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 Seiten
...learn'd to -And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Carelels their merits or their faults to lean, His pity gave ere charity began, Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's fide ; lJut, in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, .He watch'd and... | |
| Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1805 - 422 Seiten
...riches, and by his extensive benevolence : his heart was ever open to the calls of distress; for, ' Careless their merits or their faults to scan, ' His pity gave ere charity began.' When Cipriani was making the designs for the Orlando Furioso, in a frontispiece, he delineated Time... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 Seiten
...there, and had his claims allow'd; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd... | |
| Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 Seiten
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Carelefs their merits, or their faults to fcan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt, at every call, . He watch'd and... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...there, and had his claims allow'.! ; The broken soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away, "Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch.and shew'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man Irarn'd... | |
| 1806 - 330 Seiten
...there, and had his claim allow'd ; The broken soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 Seiten
...there, and had his claims allow'd; The broken soldier, kindly hade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd... | |
| 1808 - 874 Seiten
...foldier to whom Goldlmilh alluded in the following linesThe broken foldier kindly bad to ftay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldeted his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. I had this anecdote from Mr. O'Conor,... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 Seiten
...and had his clnites alibw'dj The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay ; Sate by his fire, and talk'd the night away ; 'Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won, Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd... | |
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