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" 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. "
From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-nine Portraits and Selections from ... - Page 259
by Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 313 pages
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. consequently in disorders of every kind, may justly...beginning to re-ascend, threw out many gleams of ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,...
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The Book of Poetry

William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 pages
...soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran; Ev'n children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown...
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The Churchman's Sunday companion, Volumes 1-2

1844 - 320 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At Church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. <f P 볖 d + /c у_:Q U / s * Y O 0˛~s Z G c<0h /k ...׸ q # Ӊ J g T !ؕ A u L 5 X4L h ?4] ?t scoft', remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With...steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile : His ready smile...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 26

1850 - 640 pages
...can't help it, mama — it would be so nice !" said the sanguine, kind-hearted Catherine. CHAPTER x. Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. GOLDSMITH. ACCORDINGLY, Mr. St. Leger, his objections having been overruled by Edgar, accepted the...
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The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

1845 - 614 pages
...soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double swsy, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With...steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile...
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Memoir of the Rev. Rowland Hill, M.A.

Will Jones - 1845 - 720 pages
...thoughtless young men, and they retired from the conventicle to their rooms, to mourn over their sins, Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. On one occasion, when Mr. Hill was on his way to Duxford, to preach for the Missionary Society, he...
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