 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 psl.
...; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place , Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, » By doctrines...to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant... | |
 | Pictor (pseud.) - 1848 - 118 psl.
...pray." MR. B. is happy in the possession of "the victory that overcometh the world," and therefore "Unskilful he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines...fashioned to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart has learn' d to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise." The imagination of the poet has... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 psl.
...dear, Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place : Unskilful he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; 5 Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His... | |
 | George Atkinson - 1849 - 330 psl.
...Lincoln, but in soul they were as the Poles asunder : — " Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise ! " He was born at Whitewall, in... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 psl.
...; Reraote from towns, he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to thé varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise thé wretched... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 psl.
...chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; — Far other aims his heart...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but reliev'd their pain ;J... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1850 - 392 psl.
...seeketh his happiness apart from thee ! He shall be miserably disappointed. CHAPTER II. ' Unpractised he to fawn or seek for power By doctrines fashioned...to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. To them his heart, his love, his... | |
 | 1851 - 724 psl.
...year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wished to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. ***** Thus to relieve the wretched... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 psl.
...; Remote from towns, he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place ; rough apptar; Still we titad the юте coarte way,...prêtent'» »till a cloudy day.* 0 may I with myself agr learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 psl.
...year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant... | |
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A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying... 
