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 ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity... Religious Poems - Page 158edited by - 1886 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed \ The broken foldier, kindly bade to flay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of fbrrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and flieived how fields were wan. Pleafed with his guefls, the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken foldier, kindly bade to (lay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken foldier, kindly bade to ftay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and (hewed how fields were wore. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claim allowed'; The broken foldier kindly bade to flay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1789 - 484 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken foldier, kindly bade to ftay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| History - 1794 - 574 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken foldicr, kindly bade to ftay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his cratch, and (hewed how fields were won, Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed; The broken foldier, kindly bade to ftay, 155 Sate by his fire, and talked the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. Pleated with his guefts, the good... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...breast; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claim allow'd; The broken soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...breast; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...; The ruin'd spendthrift now no longer proud, Claim 'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd... | |
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