 Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good...  Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell - Pagina 2door Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 68 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pagina’s
...seeking redress by complaints, and not by vigour. Every thing conspires to (1) [" But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life In wandering spent and care: Impcll'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 600 pagina’s
...the moment of composition to be purely his own. In the second paragraph of the poem it is said — " press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing goud." Garth, in his poem on Claremont, speaking of the Druids, has preceded him both in sentiment... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pagina’s
...chair ; Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with...share. My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; ImpelTd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view That, like... | |
 | 1838 - 808 pagina’s
...those feasts with simple plenty crowned, Whore all the ruddy family around, Laugh at the jests and pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale i Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.' The prose writings... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pagina’s
...chair; Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh ut perthwait & Co. ; Impelid, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pagina’s
...chair ; Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with...share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; ImpelTd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pagina’s
...chair : Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with...food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care : Impell'd, with steps... | |
 | John Comly - 1834 - 226 pagina’s
...Bless'd • be those feasts, with simple plenty erown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with...food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent, and care, Impell'd, with steps... | |
 | Jerrold Vernon, Grace Horsley Darling - 1839 - 514 pagina’s
...XXXIV. " Blegt be those feast, with simple plenty crown'j, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale." THE simple festivities of Christmas were continued at the light-house of Fern Island, and enjoyed with... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 pagina’s
...feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks which never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale...to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good." That last line may be well known, but it never can be common-place. Would to Heaven that it were more... | |
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