 Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. • • Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still ; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good...  Poetical Works - Page 49by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Branagan - 1828 - 298 pages
...power and pride. Her language is, « No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn i Taught by that power that pities me, I learn to pity them." Love is her partner: wisdom, modesty, delicacy, ^ cheerfulness benignity, tenderness, and temperance,... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - 1829 - 460 pages
...to thy doom. THE HERMIT. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still ; And, though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will....couch and frugal fare, — My blessing, and repose. popularly connected with this treacherous luminary; at least, in the absence of opportunity for further... | |
 | John Brewster - 1829 - 632 pages
...of a benevolent host. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still : And, though ray portion is but scant, I give it with good will. Then turn to-night and freely shore Whate'er my cell bestows ; My rushy couch, and frugal fare, My blessing and repose."t Nicholas... | |
 | Michael Thomas Sadler - 1830 - 710 pages
...makes him exclaim, — No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by the Power that pities me, I learn to pity them ! But from...A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruit supplied, Aud water from the spring. But alas ! for the beautiful illusion, Leuwenhoek tells... | |
 | Michael Thomas Sadler - 1830 - 750 pages
...range the valley free To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by the Power that pities me, I learn to pit}' them ! But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruit supplied, And water from the spring. But alas ! for the beautiful illusion, Leuwenhoek tells... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still : And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will. " Then turn to-night, and freely share Whatever my cell bestows ; My rushy conch and frugal fare, My blessing and repose. " No flocks that... | |
 | Michael Thomas Sadler - 1830 - 724 pages
...pastoral poet, Goldsmith, the lover of animals, as well as their historian, makes him exclaim, — No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by the Power that pities me, I learn to pity them ! But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1832 - 464 pages
...Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is hut scant, I giro it with good will. ' Then turn to-night, and freely...rushy couch and frugal fare, My blessing and repose. To slaughter I condemn. Taught by that Power that pities me, ' No flocks, that range the valley free,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1833 - 478 pages
...To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless chiid of want, My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will....Whate'er my cell bestows; My rushy couch and frugal faro, My blessing and repose. " No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught... | |
 | 1834 - 108 pages
...!' was the reply. The greatest men are often the meanest. • The Gleaner. THE BRUTE CREATION-•" No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities ma, I learn to pity them." Perhaps one of the principal duties which devolve upon us as moral beings,... | |
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