The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 Seiten |
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... past , around the pious man , With steady zeal , each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd , with endearing wile , And pluck'd his gown , to share the good man's smile , His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest , Their welfare 45.
... past , around the pious man , With steady zeal , each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd , with endearing wile , And pluck'd his gown , to share the good man's smile , His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest , Their welfare 45.
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... follow'd behind . Left alone to reflect , having emptied my shelf , And " nobody with me at sea but myself1 ; " Tho ' I could not help thinking my gentleman hasty , Yet Johnson , and Burke , and a good venison pasty , Were things that I ...
... follow'd behind . Left alone to reflect , having emptied my shelf , And " nobody with me at sea but myself1 ; " Tho ' I could not help thinking my gentleman hasty , Yet Johnson , and Burke , and a good venison pasty , Were things that I ...
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... a pledge behind . She strove the neighbourhood to please , With manners wond'rous winning , And never follow'd wicked ways— Unless when she was sinning . At church , in silks and satins new , With Elegy on Mrs Mary Blaize.
... a pledge behind . She strove the neighbourhood to please , With manners wond'rous winning , And never follow'd wicked ways— Unless when she was sinning . At church , in silks and satins new , With Elegy on Mrs Mary Blaize.
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... follow'd her— When she has walk'd before . But now her wealth and fin'ry fled , Her hangers - on cut short - all ; The doctors found , when she was dead , - Her last disorder mortal . Let us lament , in sorrow sore , For Kent - street ...
... follow'd her— When she has walk'd before . But now her wealth and fin'ry fled , Her hangers - on cut short - all ; The doctors found , when she was dead , - Her last disorder mortal . Let us lament , in sorrow sore , For Kent - street ...
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... , Fears th ' approaching bridal night . Yet why impair thy bright perfection ! Or dim thy beauty with a tear ? Had Myra follow'd my direction , She long had wanted cause of fear . FROM THE ORATORIO OF THE CAPTIVITY . SONG . THE Sonnet.
... , Fears th ' approaching bridal night . Yet why impair thy bright perfection ! Or dim thy beauty with a tear ? Had Myra follow'd my direction , She long had wanted cause of fear . FROM THE ORATORIO OF THE CAPTIVITY . SONG . THE Sonnet.
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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Seite 38 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Seite 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Seite 49 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Seite 38 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn : Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Seite 42 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Seite 74 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Seite 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Seite 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Seite 10 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Seite 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...