 To hew the rock or wear the gem Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim, Than all that waits on wealth or fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 1821846Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 702 pages
...whether bare or shod Ta«e feet the paih of duty trod, If from the bow'rs of joy they fled, Tt> sooth Affliction's humble bed ; If Grandeur's guilty bribe...And home to Virtue's lap return'd; These feet with Angel wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky ! * * # * * * ESSAY ON POETRY. THE first great... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1817 - 732 pages
...whether bare or shod These feet the pa:h of duty trod, If from the bow'rs of joy they fled, To sooth Affliction's humble bed ; If Grandeur's guilty bribe they spurn'd, And home to Virtue's lap relurn'd ; These feet with Angel wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky ! * * * * * * . ESSAY... | |
 | 1818 - 428 pages
...:••!;•• ••'•> Avails it whether bare or shod , . ••- r These feet the path of duty tred? ;/ If from the bowers of Joy they fled To soothe Affliction's...Angel's wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky ! MAGAZINE: A REPOSITORY OF ORIGINAL PAPKRS, if SELECTIONS FROM ENGLISH MAGAZINES. Published erery... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...claim, Than all that waits on wealth or fame. Avails li whether bare or shod . . . These feet tlie path of duty trod ' If from the bowers of joy they fled...lap return'd— These feet with angel's wings shall vi«, And reach the palace of the sky. t'f The following piece, was received several months since,... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...wealth or fame : Avails it whether bare or shod, These feet the path of duty trod, If from-the bow'rs of Joy they fled To soothe Affliction's humble bed...And home to Virtue's lap return'd, These feet with angel wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky ! ####*****• I SAW THEE WEEP. A HEBREW MELODY... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1824 - 452 pages
...wealth or fame. Avails it, whether bare or shod These feet the path of duty trod ? If from the bow'rs of joy they fled, To soothe affliction's humble bed — If grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to virtue's lap returned — These feet with angels' wings shall vie, And tread the... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...or Fame ! 14 15 Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the path of duty trod T If from the bow'rs of Joy they fled, To soothe Affliction's humble bed ; If Grandeur's guilty bribe they spurn 'd , And home to Virtue's lap return'd ; These feet with Angel's wings shall vie, And tread the... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...trod ? If from the boVrs of Joy they fled, To soothe Affliction's humble bed ; If Grandeur's pulty bribe they spurn'd, And home to Virtue's lap return'd ; These feet with Angel's wings ahall vie, And tread the palace of the sky ! FUNERAL HYMN BY THE MONKS. MOM " IVANBOE." Dust unto dust,... | |
 | 1828 - 400 pages
...claim Than all that waits on wealth or fame. i ' Avails it, whether bare or shod These feet the path of duty trod ? If from the bowers of joy they fled...And home to virtue's lap return'd, These feet with angels' wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky. Printed by CO-WIE and STRANGE, Bishop's Court,... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 430 pages
...shall claim Than all that waits on wealth or fame. Avails it, whether bare or shod, These feet the path of duty trod ? If from the bowers of joy they fled....affliction's humble bed ; If grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to virtue's lap returned — These feet with angel's wings shall vie, And tread the... | |
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