Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.

Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morni…

And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter wor…

'Step in some afternoon,' he said, as affectionately as if I were a fellow-shipmaster wrecked on the lee shore of age like himself.

If I could make only one wish for a child, I'd wish him the quality of lovingness.

In private, you got what you got in public. He treated everyone the same. He was just a very warm man, and he worked hard to impress upon his children the valu…