 Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...  The works of Oliver Goldsmith, ed. by P. Cunningham - Pagina 44door Oliver Goldsmith - 1854Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pagina’s
...CCountrj parson. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden-flow'r grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place...with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran Nor e'er had chane'd, nor wisk'd t» < Unskilful he to fawn, or seek 1 By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pagina’s
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pagina’s
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year: Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change, his place;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pagina’s
...and weep till morn ; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse , where once the garden smil'd ,...village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to alNhe country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pagina’s
...Bleep-fetter'd pillow restore Our day -sport, distorted but pleasing, once more. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. N K.Ait yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd nor wished to change his place : Unpractical he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pagina’s
...nightingale had made. GOLDSMITH. THE VILLAGE CLERGYMAN. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, / And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 pagina’s
...than a matter of finding things. There's wood to be cut. Come along.' HOWARD SPRING (1889—1965) 52. There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 pagina’s
...resemblance to Chaucer's Parson in The Canterbury Tales. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pagina’s
...above [Scott's note]. necessary; but probably few readers will think the following extracts tedious. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. This is a fine natural stroke — We see the 'copse,' the 'torn shrubs,' and the ' scatter' d flowers.'... | |
 | Andrew Carpenter - 1998 - 662 pagina’s
...weep till morn; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. 80 Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd. And...a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's'4 modest mansion rose. nie the loud laugh of the village simpleton. 12. In eighteenth-century... | |
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