A gallery of famous English and American poets . with his guests, the good man learned to glow,And quite forgot their vices in their woe :Careless their merits or their faults to pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,And even his failings leaned to virtues side ;But, in his duty prompt at every call,He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all;And, as a bird each fond endearment triesTo tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies,He tried each art, reproved each dull to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed whe
A gallery of famous English and American poets . with his guests, the good man learned to glow,And quite forgot their vices in their woe :Careless their merits or their faults to pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,And even his failings leaned to virtues side ;But, in his duty prompt at every call,He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all;And, as a bird each fond endearment triesTo tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies,He tried each art, reproved each dull to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid,And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns reverend champion stood. At his and anguish fled the struggling soul;Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise,And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 18 70 GOLDSMITH. At church, with meek and unaffected grace,His looks adorned the venerable place;Truth fiom his lips prevailed with double sway,And fools, who came to scoff, remained to The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children followed, with endearing wile. And plucked his gown, to share the good mans sinile. THE DKSERTED VILLAGE. 71 His ready smile a parents warmth exprest, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distrest; To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread. Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way,With blossomed furze unprofitably , in his noisy mansion, skilled to village master taught his little man severe he was, and stern to view ;I knew him well, and every truant knew:Well had the boding tremblers learned to traceThe days disasters in his morning face ;Full well they l
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