 He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.  Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard - Page 144by Thomas Gray - 1839 - 64 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ovid - 1755 - 306 pages
...Law well known ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Litigation mark'd him as her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry (all he had,) a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas all he wished), a friend. No further seek... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...Large was his bounty, and his foul fincerc, Heaven did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wifh'd) a friend. No farther feek his merits to difclofe, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1776 - 578 pages
...was his bounty, and his foul fincere ; Heaven did a recompenfe as largely fend : He gave to Mifery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven, 'twas all he wifli'd, a friend. But Ch. II. LUDICROUS COMPOSITION. But in moft cafes the ridicule of parodies will... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1779 - 536 pages
...was his bounty, and his foul fincere ; Heaven did a recompenfe as largely fend : He gave to Mifery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven 'twas all he wifh'd, a friend. But in moft cafes the ridicule of parodies will be greatly heightened, when the original... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...Large was his bounty and his foul fincere, Heaven did a reo'mperfc as largely fend; He gave to mifciy all he had, a tear; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wifh'd) . friend. No farther feck his merits to difclofc, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heaven did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mifery all he had — a tear; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wifh'd)friend. No farther feek his merits to diftlofe, . . Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...Melancholy maik'd him for her own. Large was his hounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompencc as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n, 'twas all he wish'd, a Friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...Melancholy mark'd him tor her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recmnp< nse as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had a tear; Heg.iin'dtruoiHeav'n,'twHsallhewish'd, a Frieitl. No fartlur seek his merits to disclose. Or draw his... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1809 - 406 pages
...death, 'twas all he wish'd, a friend. Yet one reads them with a smile, when one recollects the original: Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven...he had, a tear; He gain'd from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend". But in most cases the ridicule of parodies will be greatly heightened, when the... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...Melancholy mark'd him fur her own. Large was bis bounty, and his soul sincere, Hr.iv'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to misery all he had, a tear . He gaiu'd from Heav'u ('twas all he wiib'd) a friend. Nor farther seek his merit* to disclose, Or draw... | |
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