 | Francisco de Losa - 1841 - Страниц: 140
...kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had bur pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - Страниц: 840
...his head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below. ark, in a damp vault, and still alone! This fate is...common ; but I lose my breath Near bliss, and yet not nge) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to Karth again. To what excesses had his... | |
 | Seven ages - 1842 - Страниц: 154
...eyes ? Yet, taught by these, confess the Almighty just, And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust! Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half wean'd his heart from God. (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain,", And measur'd back his... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - Страниц: 826
...his head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow. And loose from dross the silver runs below. " t measur'd back his steps to Earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ? But God, to save the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - Страниц: 348
...the silver runs below. 29. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half wean'd his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ? But God, to save the... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - Страниц: 468
...head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. ' Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now...; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - Страниц: 422
...its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half weaned his heart from God ; Child of his age, for him he lived in pain, And measured back his... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1851 - Страниц: 474
...head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-weaned his heart from God ; {Child of his age) for him he lived in pain, And measured back his... | |
 | 1852 - Страниц: 874
...his head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow. And loose from dross the silver runs below. " 2 0 0 measur'd back his steps to Earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ' But God, to save the... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - Страниц: 458
...its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now...his heart from God ; (Child of his age ;) for him he lived in pain, And measured back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But... | |
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Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver... 
