 He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.  Poetical Works - Pagina 62di Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pagine
...science frown'd not on his humble birth ; And melancholy mark'd him for her own. XXXI. XXXII. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,)1 The. bosom of his Father, and his God. * (There... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pagine
...Larqe was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send; He gave to mis' ry all he had— a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend . JNTo farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pagine
...to fame unknown fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heav'n did a...to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The botom of his Father and his God." When with... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pagine
...fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to,mis'ry all he had—a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend' No farther seek... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 372 pagine
...was all his portion — shame ;• John gain'd from him, 't was all. he wish'd- — his puree. •* No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode;: Where they have met the awful test he chose, The judgment of his country and his God." ALFRED,... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 376 pagine
...John, 't was all his portion — shame j John gain'd from him, 't was all he wish'd — his purse* " No further seek his merits to disclose, , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode j Where they have met the awful test he chose, The judgment of his country and his God." ALFRED,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1813 - 276 pagine
...Melaneholy ntark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sineere; Heav'n did a reeompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear ; Hi' gain'd from Heav'u ('twas all he wish'd) a friec No farther seek his merits to diselose, Or draw... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pagine
...fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all be had—a tear ; Be gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pagine
...birtli, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere • Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd fromheaven ('twas all he wish'd)-a friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagine
...gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God. ODE TO ADVERSITY.... | |
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