 Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds or...  Life and Times of the Right Hon. John Bright - Page 58by William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1877 - 521 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Raphael Semmes - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1851 - 506 pages
...from memory, many years afterward, when like the old soldier La Goldsmith, he " Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won," we shall have a pretty good idea of the ancient city, or at least as it appeared to the excited imaginations... | |
 | William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by the fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless... | |
 | Henry Giles - English literature - 1851 - 322 pages
...soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by the fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, and tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won." We have all, too, followed this good man to the House of Prayer, where he shone with unaffected grace,... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1852 - 392 pages
...from memory, many years afterward, when like the old soldier in Goldsmith, he " Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won," we shall have a pretty good idea of the ancient city, or at least as it appeared to the excited imaginations... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...soldier, kindly bid to stay, ' i55 Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow ' And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pages
...there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bid to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won» Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bid to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ;... | |
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