 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pagina’s
...pain; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...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... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pagina’s
...pain; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pagina’s
...friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid...around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Kot so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, can this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pagina’s
...Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, JTis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between...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... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pagina’s
...pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore j Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pagina’s
...pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly bails them from her shore ; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pagina’s
...Those calm desires that ask'd but little room, Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene ^ Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pagina’s
...pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest arms decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, ev'n beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagina’s
...asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey, The rich man's joys increase, Jhe he barber's tale, more the woodman^ ballad shall prevail...The host himself no longer shall be found, Careful t ev'n bevond the mUer's wish, abound ; And rich men riock from all ihe world around ; Yet count our... | |
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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. 
