 Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.  The english anthology. - Page 2531793Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Parnell - 1767 - 250 pages
...views the bowl, And feels companion touch his grateful foul. Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the...our pious Friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from Godf (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And meafur'd back his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1767 - 294 pages
...views the bowl, And feels companion touch his grateful foul. Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, look from drofs, the filver runs below. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1767 - 250 pages
...compalfioo touch his grateful foul. Thus ar.ilts m-.lt the fuilen oar of lead, "With heaping coals nf fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loofe from drofs, the filler runs bejow. Long had our pious Friend in virtue trod, But now the child balf-we;m\i his heart... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1770 - 294 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compaffion touch his grateful foul. Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ;, In the...drofs, the filver runs below. . Long had our pious friends in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God "» (Child of his age) for... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compaffion touch his grateful foul. Thus artifts melt the fallen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the...our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the CHILD half-wean'd his foul from God; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And meafur'd back his fleps... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779
...the bowl, And feels compaflTion touch his grateful foul. Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the...from drofs the filver runs below. Long had our pious friends in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God 4 (Child of his age) for him... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 428 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compaffion touch his grateful foul. Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the...kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loofe from drois the filver runs below. Long had our pious friends in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1779 - 424 pages
...the bowl, A.nd feels comj>aflion touch his grateful ioul. Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead, 9 With heaping; coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, An.l loofe from drofs the Iilver runs below. Long had our pious friends in virtue trod, But now the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 424 pages
...touch his grateful foul. Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon rts head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loofe from drols the filver runs below. Long had our pious friends in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...fire upon it's head ; ' In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, 4 And loofe from drofs the filvcr runs below. ' Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, * But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God; ' (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, ' And meafur'd back... | |
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