 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 348 pages
...breathe a blessing as he moved along : E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And plucked his coat to share the good man's smile ; His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distrest. There was no parade of affection, no... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pages
...remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And pluck'd...good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distrest; To them his heart, his love, his griefs... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1843 - 368 pages
...service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share...good man's smile ; His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distress'd : To them his heart, his love, his... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...The service past, around the pious man With ready seal 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.... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en 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 thgr cares distrest; To them his heart, his love, his griefs,... | |
 | Charles R. Henery - Anglican Communion - 1995 - 176 pages
...service pass'd around the pious man With steady 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 loves, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven.... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 420 pages
...brings an unconscious smile upon the lips, while it reaches the heart. That affecting couplet, E'en children followed with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown to share the good man's smile, seems to me perfectly original ; so does the noble simile that compares the holy preacher to a bird... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; 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... | |
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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... 
