For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell - Pagina 32door Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 68 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pagina’s
...associations ; and that where human joys and interests have been, their memory is sacred for ever ! Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the signpost caught the passing eye, Lu\v lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspirM, Where gray-beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd,... | |
| Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pagina’s
...rustics rang'd around, And still they gaz d, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. EXTRACTS FROM BEATTIE. MELODIES OF MORN. BCT who the melodies of morn can tell ? The wild brook babbling... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pagina’s
...Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, 30 That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pagina’s
...head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head...high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, 35 Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where graybeard mirth and smiling toil retired,... | |
| Frederick Somner Merryweather - 1849 - 248 pagina’s
...Eveshnm, p. 248. t Ibid, p. 250. + MS. Harl., No. 3763, p. 180. 134 BE PROVIDES FOR THE SCRIPTORIUM " But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumpU'd, is forgot." In a manuscript in the Cotton Library there is a document called " The good... | |
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 pagina’s
...could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. 3ut passed is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he... | |
| 1900 - 676 pagina’s
...' is as follows : — While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all he knew. " Head " is so much better than " brain " that such a misquotation... | |
| 1900 - 614 pagina’s
...' is as follows : — While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all he knew. " Head " is so much better than " brain " that such a misquotation... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1902 - 632 pagina’s
...Gold smith's Deserted Village: While words of learned length, and thunderous sound Amazed the rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Of industrial Pittsburg, of which Mr. Anderson is soon to speak,... | |
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