At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Miscellanies... - Page 188by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Watson Adams, Joel Parker - Presbyterian Church - 1851 - 378 pages
...the beautiful description in Goldsmith's Deserted Village : " ' At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth,...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... | |
| William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway ; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service post, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...raise, And his lost faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, Hi- s in the troubled sky full oft prevails ; Oft deemed...signal of tempestuous gales. ____ ..___=_" J While y scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
| George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...to raise, 175 And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, • His looks adorned the venerable place ;...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. 180 The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic... | |
| Herbert Byng Hall - 1853 - 322 pages
...prayers and love, which being wafted to heaven made him rich indeed. " At church with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place, Truth...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... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...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... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With...steady zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown to share the good man's smile. His ready smile a... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last, faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
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