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" Whose beard descending swept his aged breast; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or... "
The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 381
by Abraham Mills - 1851
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...aged breast; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud. Claimed kindred there, and bad his claim allowed: The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,...Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were wor.. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed: The broken soldier, kindly bade* to stay, ' Sate| by his fire and talked the night away; Wept o'er his...learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve...
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The Sacred Lyre: Comprising Poems, Devotional, Moral and Preceptive ...

Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claim allow'd ; The broken soldier kindly hade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ! Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Plcas'd with his guests, the good man learned...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed : The broken soldier, kindly bade* to stay, Satef by his fire and talked the night away ; Wept o'er...learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 5

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 809 pages
...Atterbury. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind'» concern ”я charity. Pope. Pleased with his guests the good man learned to glow....vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Goldmith. The societies which were instituted in the...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed The broken soldier, kindly b;tde too. Those who accnse him to have wanted learning,...commendation. He wna naturally learned; he needed und shewed how fields were WOL. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...proud. Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away — Wept o'er...vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave, ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en...
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A Third Book for Reading and Spelling: With Simple Rules and Instructions ...

Samuel Worcester - 1837 - 264 pages
...guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed...Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. 4. Pleased with bis guests, the good man learned t glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ;...
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The New-York Review, Volume 1

Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 520 pages
...the novel was founded on a real incident in his family. So, too, that character of his poem— • The broken soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by his...away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won— had its origin from a poor veteran, who frequented...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er...vices in their woe ; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en...
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