 Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Pagina 584door Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 695 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pagina’s
...unconfin'd. But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth : His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagina’s
...all ihe world around ; Yet count our gains : this wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product and Love of Mail. For him alone, Hope leads from goal...unconfin'd, It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind. iimhs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pagina’s
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robu'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighboring fields of half their growth ; His seat where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagina’s
...beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains—this wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products...and hounds. The robe that wraps his limbs in silken cloth Has robbed the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pagina’s
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a namo That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pagina’s
...e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pagina’s
...uuconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pagina’s
...increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a'happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
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