 A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches,...  Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell - Pagina 26door Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 68 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pagina’s
...plumes supply. Swilt. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich on forty pounds a year; His best companions innocence and health, And his best riches ignorance of wealth. Goldsmith. RIDDtES. RIDICULOUS. 549 EIDDLES. ALL who enter in this world a faded picture with them... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pagina’s
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome...his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter* d ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain : Along the lawn where... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 pagina’s
...bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,...his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain: Along the lawn where scattered... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 564 pagina’s
...requir'd, but gave no more : [is best eompanions, innoeenee and health, his best riehes, ignoranee of wealth. But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling...land, and dispossess the swain : Along the lawn where seatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and eumbrous pomp repose ;And every want to luxury allied,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pagina’s
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light Labour spread her wholesome...store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ; GOLDSMITH. His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 pagina’s
...there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man : For him lignt labour spread her wholesome store. Just gave what life required, but gave no more : > v/*His best companions, innocence and health, 6And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 pagina’s
...be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs be<rn.Ti. When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light Labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave whatjife_re.quirfid, but gave no moreT~ eo His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 590 pagina’s
...was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintaiu'd its man ; For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,...swain ; Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldly wealth and cumbrous pomp repose; And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pagina’s
...Deserted Village. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man, For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, and gave no more. His best eompanions, innoeenee and health, And his beet wishes, ignoranee... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pagina’s
...was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained ita man ; For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,...his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are altered ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land and dispossess the swain ; Along the lawn, where scattered... | |
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