The Poetical Works, and Essays, of Oliver GoldsmithMiltonian Press, 1818 - 253 pagina's |
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Pagina 8
... gave what life requir'd , but gave no more ; His best companions , innocence and health ; And his best riches , ignorance of wealth , But 8 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
... gave what life requir'd , but gave no more ; His best companions , innocence and health ; And his best riches , ignorance of wealth , But 8 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
Pagina 11
... their merits or their faults to scan , His pity gave ere charity began . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride , And even his failings lean'd ' to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call , He B 6 THE DESERTED VILLAGE . 11.
... their merits or their faults to scan , His pity gave ere charity began . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride , And even his failings lean'd ' to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call , He B 6 THE DESERTED VILLAGE . 11.
Pagina 29
... gave . Nor less the patriot's boast , where'er we roam , His first , best country , ever is at home . And yet , perhaps , if countries we compare , And estimate the blessings which they share , Though patriots flatter , still shall ...
... gave . Nor less the patriot's boast , where'er we roam , His first , best country , ever is at home . And yet , perhaps , if countries we compare , And estimate the blessings which they share , Though patriots flatter , still shall ...
Pagina 31
... gave , But towns unmann'd , and lords without a slave . Yet , still the loss of wealth is here supplied By arts , the splendid wrecks of former pride ; From these the feeble heart and long - fall'n mind An easy compensation seem to find ...
... gave , But towns unmann'd , and lords without a slave . Yet , still the loss of wealth is here supplied By arts , the splendid wrecks of former pride ; From these the feeble heart and long - fall'n mind An easy compensation seem to find ...
Pagina 38
... Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ; Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers bright'ning as they waste ...
... Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ; Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers bright'ning as they waste ...
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Pagina 53 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Tho' equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.
Pagina 12 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven.
Pagina 9 - Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. In all my wand'rings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Pagina 15 - The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds : The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green...
Pagina 13 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Pagina 34 - Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
Pagina 10 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Pagina 81 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Pagina 28 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Pagina 12 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school.