 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pagina’s
...succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the...fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive,... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 pagina’s
...both with our northern region :— " Whatever sweets salute the northern sky, With vernal lives, that blossom but to die, These, here disporting, own the...expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land." But this luxuriance of climate and of vegetation, is the sole advantage of boasted Italy. The dignity of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pagina’s
...succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting, own the...fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive,... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pagina’s
...bright succession decks the varied year; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die; These, here disporting, own the...expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. 4. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows; And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pagina’s
...northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die; These here disporting own the kindred sou, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While...their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smilmg land. But email the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is nil the nation knows.... | |
 | 1841 - 226 pagina’s
...succession decks the varied year : Wha'ever sweets salute the northern sky, With vernal leaves that blossom but to die : These here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from their planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pagina’s
...bright succession decks the varied year; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the...fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign: Though poor, luxurious; though submissive, vain;... | |
 | 1842 - 712 pagina’s
...summer evenings are replete with the seeds of mortality. As in the smiling but malarial plains of Italy, "In florid beauty, groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here." "Death here," says Macculloch, 1842.] [Nov. speaking of malaria in Italy, " walks hand in hand... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pagina’s
...succession decks the varied year j Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal leaves, that blossom but to die; These, here disporting, own the...fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Yet, still the loss of health is here supplied By arts, the splendid wrecks of former pride:... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagina’s
...bright succession decks the varied year; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With venial lives, that blossom but to die ; These, here disporting, own the...expand, To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. Hut small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid... | |
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Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die; These, here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's... 
