 At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.  Studies from the English Poets - Page 497by George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 519 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Lennie - English language - 1872 - 248 pages
...history of England is the history of progress ; and when We take a comprehensive view of it, it is so. 2. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. FIRST, OK SIMPLEST, METHOD. 1. A. We said a. That the history of England is the history of progress... | |
 | William Swinton - English language - 1872 - 232 pages
...bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow, ' quoth young Lochinvar. — Scott. 6. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service passed, around the pious man With ready zeal each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E 'en children followed,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 pages
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, "With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
 | J. Fogerty - 1873 - 338 pages
...esteem, and whose advanced opinions strengthened and confirmed his own. CHAPTER XIII. THE VICAR. " At church with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray." GOLDSMITH. appearance of the two young men in the church at Lawley soon attracted the attention of... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man With steady zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed,... | |
 | York (Me.) - 1874 - 268 pages
...to relieve only limited by the scantiness of his purse. Mr. Moody's influence was such, that, • " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray." His character is happily drawn thus : " He loved the world that frowned on him ; the tear That dropped... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last, faltering accents whispered praise....sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, eaoh honest rustic ran ; Even children followed,... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - Readers - 1909 - 508 pages
...way. Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
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