 At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.  Studies from the English Poets - Page 497by George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 519 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...way. GOLDSMITH. I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men. BANTER. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. GOLDSMITH. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed,... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 pages
...controul, Despair and anguish fled the strnggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway ; And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, , With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Oomfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed,... | |
 | Brother Wagtale (Pseud.) - 1864 - 228 pages
...their heart ; for now we can say of Mr. Whackimwell, as Goldsmith says of the "village preacher," " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray." Not greater was the change effected in Dr. O'Flynn : he, too, was fond of indulging in controversy,... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway; And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 pages
...control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man With ready zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At...; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children followed... | |
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