 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...its head; lu 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...God; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And rneasur'd back his steps to liaith again. T i what excesses had his dotage run ? lint God, to save... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...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...child half-wean'd his heart from God; (Child of his asre) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to Earth again, To what excesses had his... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...dross, the silver 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 measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run! But GOD, to save the father,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...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 half-wean'd bis heart from God; (Child of his ape) for him he Hv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to Earth... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...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 half wean'd his heart from God ; (Child ofhis age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pages
...silver runs below. " Long had our piouuigend in virtue trod, But now the child half^rean'dhis soul from God ; Child of his age,* for him he liv'd in pain, And measured back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...In the kind warmth the metal learns to plow, And, loofe from drofs, the filver runs below. P I •' 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 mealur'd back his... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...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...his heart from God; (Child of his age) for him he liv'din pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run' But... | |
 | Scotland - 1860 - 796 pages
...kind. Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-weaned his h£art from God (Child of his ape) ; for him he lived in pain, And measured back his... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...dross, the silver runs below. Long had our pious friend in vir'.ue trod, But now the child half wean'd his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ; But God, to save the... | |
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Conscious of wanting worth, he 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... 
