 | Gregory Godolphin - 1844 - 260 páginas
...were younger, even down to the children, loved and reverenced this holy servant of the Lord. "Ev'n children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile." As a preacher, he was plain, earnest and impressive, always delivering sermons that interested, and... | |
 | 1844 - 320 páginas
...place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 páginas
...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 páginas
...man With ready seal each honest rustic ran: Even 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 pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd; To them his heart, his love, his... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1844 - 398 páginas
...316. So in Goldsmith's " Country Clergyman" : " The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked Ids gown, to share the good man's mile." may be calculated always, love their children, and think favorably... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1909 - 222 páginas
...good man. " At church, with meek and unaffected grace His looks adorned the venerable place. . . . The service past, around the pious man With steady...And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile." I recall a picture in the front of an old prayer book of the days when they were commonly adorned with... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 páginas
...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; Even children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile: His ready smile... | |
 | Charles R. Henery - 1995 - 176 páginas
...his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. The 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 the good man's smile. His ready smile a... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 páginas
...lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service passed, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 páginas
...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... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven... 
