 Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.  Poems on Several Occasions - Side 136af Thomas Parnell - 1770 - 238 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 324 sider
...worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | 1834 - 444 sider
...the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, By heaping coals of fire upon its head '. In the kind warmth, the metals learn to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. The following lines explain the... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1836 - 520 sider
...as Parnell correctly explains the metaphor, in his " Hermit," — " Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below." Intercession in worship is also an essential, though much... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 sider
...worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | Jonathan Binns - 1837 - 470 sider
...learn to act upon that kinder system taught by Christianity : — " Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below." The fable of the trial of strength between the sun and the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 sider
...views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. • Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, t And loose from dross the silver runs below. The poor fond parent, humbled in the dust, Now owns in... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 sider
...bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, W7ith heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 sider
...worth, he views the bowl. And feels compassion touch his churlish soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head : In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross, the silver runs below. 29. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the... | |
 | Samuel Morewood - 1838 - 768 sider
...practice, which is thus beautifully expressed by Parnell : — So artists melt the sullen ore of lead, By heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metals learn to glow, And free from dross the silver runs below. In like'manner, Caligula, according... | |
 | 1840 - 272 sider
...worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below. " The great, vain man, who fared on costly food, Whose life... | |
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