 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : E'en children follow'd, with... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scqft', remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Arminianism - 1833 - 958 pages
...of this memoir, and to many of his hearers, the beautiful lines of Goldsmith are most apposite : " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray." On the 1st of August, 1799, he entered into the marriage state with Miss Jane Edgcombe, daughter of... | |
 | Arminianism - 1813 - 998 pages
...Minister of the Word ! As it .was, with what pleasure have many of us hung upon his words, when, " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, " And fools who came to mock, rcmain'd to pray !" With what grace of unstudied address; with what strength of argument; with... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...ran : Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, Aud pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile ; His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...anguish fled the struggling soul. Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...The service past, around the pious man, With ready seal each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church with mock and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran: Even children tblluw'tl, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise. And his last fault'ring China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once...rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her air wb.o came to scoff, remain'd to prsy. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each... | |
 | 1824 - 444 pages
...PRINTED FOR FRANCIS WESTLEY, 10, STATIONERSCOURT, AND AVE-MARIA-LANE. 1822. VISIT TO THE RECTORY. « At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, reraaiu'd to pray." GOLDSMITH. WE took tea... | |
 | Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 pages
...seemed to have arrows in their hearts. " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who cime to scoff remain'd to pray." I have seen him at the almshouses, among the aged men and women, who... | |
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At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. 
