The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 pagina's |
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Pagina lxix
... , at command ! Yet shall th ' ingenious drop alone ? Shall science grace the tyrant's throne ? Thou murd'rer of the tuneful train ! I charge thee with my children slain ! Scarce has the sun thrice urg'd his annual tour , lxix.
... , at command ! Yet shall th ' ingenious drop alone ? Shall science grace the tyrant's throne ? Thou murd'rer of the tuneful train ! I charge thee with my children slain ! Scarce has the sun thrice urg'd his annual tour , lxix.
Pagina lxx
... thee , my son , she cry'd , Thou pride of Auburn's dale , sweet bard , farewell ! Long , for thy sake , the peasant's tear shall flow , And many a virgin bosom heave with woe ; For thee shall sorrow sadden all the scene , And ev'ry ...
... thee , my son , she cry'd , Thou pride of Auburn's dale , sweet bard , farewell ! Long , for thy sake , the peasant's tear shall flow , And many a virgin bosom heave with woe ; For thee shall sorrow sadden all the scene , And ev'ry ...
Pagina lxxi
... thee Shall now in vain possess his festive glee , The oft - heard jest in vain he shall reveal , For now , alas ! the jest he cannot feel : But ruddy damsels o'er thy tomb shall bend , And conscious weep for their and virtue's friend ...
... thee Shall now in vain possess his festive glee , The oft - heard jest in vain he shall reveal , For now , alas ! the jest he cannot feel : But ruddy damsels o'er thy tomb shall bend , And conscious weep for their and virtue's friend ...
Pagina lxxii
... thee agent to the poor ; Had form'd thy feelings on the noblest plan , To grace at once the poet and the man . TEARS OF THE MUSES . AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DR . GOLDSMITH . " Around his tomb let Worth , let Genius weep , " But hear his ...
... thee agent to the poor ; Had form'd thy feelings on the noblest plan , To grace at once the poet and the man . TEARS OF THE MUSES . AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DR . GOLDSMITH . " Around his tomb let Worth , let Genius weep , " But hear his ...
Pagina lxxxiii
... thee to unrelenting pow'r ; Thee , the proud boast of all the tuneful train lxxxiii.
... thee to unrelenting pow'r ; Thee , the proud boast of all the tuneful train lxxxiii.
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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Pagina 38 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Pagina 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Pagina 49 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Pagina 38 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn : Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Pagina 42 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Pagina 74 - Though 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. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Pagina 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Pagina 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Pagina 10 - 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 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...