 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...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 parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...man, With ready zeal, eaeh honest rustie ran ; Even ehildren follow'd with endearing wile, And pluek'd and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great eareer of exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their eares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs... | |
 | Theology - 1825 - 502 pages
...would endear himself to the lambs of his flock, and that of him might be said ' Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, ' And pluck'd his gown to share the good man's smile.' In the second sermon, the author, in illustrating the meaning of the text, says, ' You all know what... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...service pass'd, 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...Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd: To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n.... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...service past, around the pious man With ready zeal each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share...Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heav'n.... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...service pass'd, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown to share...Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd: To them, his heart, his love, his griefs were given ; But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven.... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 544 pages
...and gentlemen approached familiarly, and shook him cordially by the hand : " E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile." In the evening we went to the theatre, to see the celebrated Miss Foote, whose loves have given her... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share...Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd. To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n:... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...his last, faltering accents whispered praise. Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile; His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed: To them his heart, his love, his... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share...good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm... 
