 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 pagina’s
...attend ; Blest be that spot, where chearful guests retire To pause from toil and trim their ev'ning fire ; Blest that abode, where want and pain repair,...never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale, _x--2o Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 pagina’s
...repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair : Blest be tluise feasts with simple plenty crown 'd, Where all the ruddy family around, Laugh at the jests...that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tala, Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd... | |
 | Natham Drake - 1800 - 510 pagina’s
...turns to thee, Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a length'ning chain. Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend,...stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. In the Pleasures of Memory by MR. ROGERS, a production, which in sweetness of versification and beauty... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...; Bless'd be those feasts, with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugfi'at the jests, or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with...food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent, and care ; Impell'd, with Steps... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pagina’s
...toil, and trim their evening fire; Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, „,- • And ev'ry stranger finds a ready chair; Blest be those feasts...mournful tale; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, 1 And learn the luxury of doing good." . From Geneva Mr. Goldsmith and his pupil proceed to the south... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pagina’s
...; Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And ev'ry stranger finds a ready chair ; l;li • : be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, 'Where...tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learo the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, M'. prime of life in wand'ring... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pagina’s
...Campania's plain forsaken lies, A weary waste expanding to the skies ; Where'er I roam, whatever reahtis to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee...mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his fo6d, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pagina’s
...be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire ; Blent that abode, where want and pain repair, And every...mournful tale, Or press the bashful stranger to his food, Ana learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...; Bless'd that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair ; Bless'd be those feasts, with simple plenty crown'd, Where...stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pagina’s
...pause from toil, and trim their evening fire ; Blest that abode where want and pain repair, And ev'ry stranger finds a ready chair : Blest be those feasts,...food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not dcstin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care : ImpelPd with steps... | |
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Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend. And round his dwelling guardian saints attend : Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire ; Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger... 
