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
| David L. Larsen - 644 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 - 438 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 - 768 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,... | |
| Ariel Books - 2001 - 380 页
...a friend who will weep with me; those who will laugh with me I can find myself. s e gave to Mis ry all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. Jk lomas u1 rа H ove is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. L'liarle es ^... | |
| Kent Gramm - 2001 - 350 页
...Fortune and to Fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble Birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 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: He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all... | |
| John Sitter - 2001 - 322 页
...incarnate. After this, the only reliable elegist is one who is himself beyond nature - God: 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. (lines 125-28)... | |
| Matthew Curr - 2002 - 188 页
...Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 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,...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. A Deeper Voice... | |
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