 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
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1870 - 340 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - Headington (Oxford, England) - 1871 - 388 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, An d quite forgot their vices in their woe;... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers and speakers - 1871 - 346 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vice.4 in their woe ;... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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 ;... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate 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 ;... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 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 :... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Indiana - 1872 - 382 pages
...broken soldier, kindly bid to stay, Sate0 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 ;... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...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. :-'-V YORK :...'- FJOi-ARV . JY. Pleased with his guests the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot... | |
 | National reading books - 1872 - 264 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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