 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...Mis'ry 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 from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. IMITATIONS,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...gave to misery all he had—a tear : He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd)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. JAMES MERR1CK.... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...to misery all he had, a tear ; 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. LESSON LXIX.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...to Mis'ry all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. 16 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. Gray. 112.... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...We Rave to misery all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas all he wish'd) a friend j\ro further 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 (joa. Joy and sorrow... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...to Misery ( all he had ) a tear, He gain'd from Heav'd ( 'twas all he wish' d ) 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. « Le lendemain,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...misery all he had — a tear ; 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 nis Father and his God. LESSON... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...recompence as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Ilcav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further 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. THE PROGRESS... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1839 - 320 pages
...recompense as largely send ; He gave to misery (all he had) a tear, And never failed on Sundays to attend ! No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode ; Where they alike in trembling hope repose, John Bugsby, Number Thirteen, Tibbald's Road. Was... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friemi. 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. WILLIAM COLLINS.... | |
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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. 
