 guide ? Ah ! where is now the hand whofe tender care To every Virtue would have form'd your Youth, And ftrew'd with flow'rs the thorny ways of Truth ? O lofs beyond repair! O wretched Father left alone To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own! How fhall...  A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes - Page 69edited by - 1782Full view - About this book
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...fide, Who now your infant-fteps ihal! guide? Ah ! where is now the hand, whofe tender care To ev'ry virtue would have form'd your youth, And ftrew'd with flow'rs the thorny way of tru fliall thy weaken'd mind, opprefs'd with woe, id drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, rm the... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...every virtue would have form'd your youth, And strew'd with flow'rs the thorny ways of truth? O loss beyond repair! O wretched Father! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own ! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with wo, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...ev'ry virtue would have form'd your youth, And strew'd with flowers the thorny ways of truth ? O loss beyond repair! O wretched father! left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own ! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with woe,. And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...ca To every virtue would have form'd your yoi And strew'd with flowers the thorny waj truth ? O loss beyond repair! O wretched father ! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties that... | |
 | English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...every virtue would have form'd your youth, And strew'd with flow'rs the thorny ways of truth*? O loss beyond repair! O wretched Father! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with wo, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Rev. John Bennett - Conduct of life - 1811 - 260 pages
...wont to trip along those verdant lawns, . And strew'd with flow'rs the thorny ways of truth, O loss beyond repair ! O wretched father left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with woe, And drooping oe'r thy Lucy's grave Perform the duties,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...virtue would have form'd your youth, ad ftrew'd with flowers the thorny way's of truth ? O lofs beyoad repair! O ■wretched father ! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own ! How lhall thy weaken'd mind, opprefs'd with vo And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties that... | |
 | Rev. John Bennett - Young women - 1818 - 408 pages
...ev'ry virtue would have form'd your youth, And strew'd with flow'rs the thorny ways of truth! O loss beyond repair! O wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with woe, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...every virtue would have form'd your youth, And strew'd with flowers the thorny ways of truth ? O loss beyond repair! O wretched father! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with woe, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...have form'd your youth, And ¿trew'd with flowers the thorny ways of truth? 0 loss beyond repair! .0 wretched father! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own.! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with woe, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
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