 But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each...  The American Mechanic and Working-man - Page 260by James Waddel Alexander - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - English poetry - 1816 - 262 pages
...pointed towards the sky ? — Every child that you meet will tell you, that it was the Man of Ross. .' Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The...state, Where age and want sit smiling at the gate." The market-place of the town of Ross was filled with poor who came to receive bread, which the Man... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1817 - 882 pages
...attracted by the following couplet, which is inserted upon the wall of one of the houses : " Who built this Alms-house neat, but void of state, " Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate ?" POPE. " The Right Hon. John Smith, Esq. Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Scotland, and one of the... | |
 | John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise I The MAN of Ross, each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place...with poor o'erspread, The MAN of Ross divides the daily bread ; He feeds yon alms-house neat but void of state, Where age and want sit smiling at the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 344 pages
...Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heav'n-directed spire to rise ? The Man of Ross, each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place...Want sit smiling at the gate : Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Nor is he without observations... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...Whose scats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of fection ! glad I see Thy face, and morn return'd ;...night ( Such night till this I never pass'd) have apprentic'd orplians blest, Tlir young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place...Want sit smiling at the gate ; Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...Seats the weary Traveller repose ? 260 Who taught that Heav'n-directed spire to rise ? " The MAN of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the Market-place...state, Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate : 266 Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...Seats the weary Traveller repose? 260 Who taught that Heav'n-directed spire to rise ? " The MAN of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the Market-place...state, Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate : 266 Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1822 - 594 pages
...Whose seats the weary traveller repose? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? The Man of Ross— each lisping babe replies.— Behold the market-place...of Ross divides the weekly bread — He feeds yon almsbouse — neat, but void of state, Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate. Him portion'd maids... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that Heav'n-directed spire to rise ? M The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. . Behold the market-place...want sit smiling at the gate : Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans bless, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? The Man of Ross... | |
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