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 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 1 bus 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. Long had our pious Friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...the bowl , And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 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 nins below. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod , But now the... | |
 | James Beattie - 1806 - 153 pages
...views the howl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 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 helow. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 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. 132 Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...views the howl, And feels companion touch his gratefol foul. Thus artifts melt the follen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loofe Iron! drofs, the filver runs helow. ' Long had our pious friend in virtue trod. But now the child half-wean'd... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 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. ' Long had our pious friend in virtue trod> But now the child... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 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. * Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...compassion touch his grateful soul. 'ITius artists melt the sullen ore of lc;id, With heaping coals of tire austere " admonitions of the philosopher, and feel not the inwar loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Lon^ had our pious friends in virtue trod, Butnowtnechildhalf-wean'dliiihear... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 668 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 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. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. 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. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
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