 He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.  Poetical Works - 第62页作者：Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | 1993 - 395 页
...gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. 在世不得志，... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 891 页
...birth. And Melancholy marked him for her own. 120 Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - 1995 - 510 页
...senator (1879—91). 11. Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," ll. 1 25—28: "No farther seek his merits to disclose, / Or draw his frailties from their dread abode / (There they alike in trembling hope repose), / The bosom of his Father and his God." Appendix... | |
 | Sidney A. Weltmer - 1996 - 80 页
...to uisery all he had — a tear; He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.. "No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike- in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God." When man... | |
 | William Harmon, Professor William Harmon - 1998 - 360 页
...Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send: He ¿ave to Mis'ry all be bad, a tear, He gained, from Heav'n ('twas all... | |
 | Stephanie Sandler - 1999 - 365 页
...mark 'd him for her own. 1 2.0 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear,...gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, 125 Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they... | |
 | William Blake - 2000 - 128 页
...him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n, 'twas all he wifh'd, a Friend. No farther feek his merits to difclofe, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | David L. Larsen - 639 页
...of the kind of earthly memorial he would like, does suggest an acceptance of God's will.1 No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God. Many modern... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 2010 - 440 页
...last stanza of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" (1751) by Thomas Gray (1716-71): No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God. See "Elegy"... | |
 | Robert L. Mack - 2000 - 718 页
...not in any way be 'exhumed' by later generations. The language of the Elegy's 'Epitaph' - 'No farther seek his merits to disclose, / Or draw his frailties from their dread abode' - memorably looks to deflect any and all attention away not only from the poet's physical remains,... | |
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