 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran •, Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : E'en children folloVd, with... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : E'en children follow'd, with... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, , His looks...prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scqft', remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Arminianism - 1833 - 958 pages
...of this memoir, and to many of his hearers, the beautiful lines of Goldsmith are most apposite : " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray." On the 1st of August, 1799, he entered into the marriage state with Miss Jane Edgcombe, daughter of... | |
 | Arminianism - 1813 - 998 pages
...Minister of the Word ! As it .was, with what pleasure have many of us hung upon his words, when, " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, " And fools who came to mock, rcmain'd to pray !" With what grace of unstudied address; with what strength of argument; with... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...soul. Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready seal each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man With ready zeal each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, Aud pluck'd his gown,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church with mock and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran: Even children tblluw'tl, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
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At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. 
