 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 str.
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his...call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for aH : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt the new-fledgM offspring to the skies, He tried... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 str.
...vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lear1'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd aqd... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 str.
...for, and appeared to be affectionately concerned for the welfare of, every member of the family. ' But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd, and wept, and pray'd, nnd felt for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt her new-fledged offspring... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 str.
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Aud ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, • He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. Aud, as a bird each fond endearment... | |
 | 1824 - 728 str.
...dying penitent. Neither business nor pleasure was permitted to interrupt these holy employments, " For in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all." Nor was he less careful to minister, perhaps even btyond his means, to the temporal wants of the afflicted.... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 str.
...relieve the wretched was his pride, End even his failings Ican'd to virtue's side ; ut in his duly prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd, and felt, for atl And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To 'tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies ; He... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 str.
...vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en...lean'd to virtue's side : But, in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries,... | |
 | Jonathan Duncan - 1825 - 274 str.
...His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in bis duty, prompt at every call, He watcli'd, he wept, he pray'd, he felt for all : And as a bird each... | |
 | 1825 - 498 str.
...dying penitent. Neither business nor pleasure was permitted to interrupt these holy employments, " For in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all." Nor was he less careful to minister, perhaps even beyond his means, to the temporal wants of the afflicted.... | |
 | 1825 - 494 str.
...dying penitent. Neither business nor pleasure was permitted to interrupt these holy employments, " For in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all." Nor was he less careful to minister, perhaps even beyond his means, to the temporal wants of the afflicted.... | |
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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. 
