 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 Seiten
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse , where once the garden smil'd , And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There,...village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to alNhe country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race,... | |
 | 1843 - 184 Seiten
...sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. GOLDSMITH. THE VILLAGE CLERGYMAN. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, /...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 Seiten
...but pleasing, once more. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. N K.Ait yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd nor wished to change his place : Unpractical he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | 1843 - 368 Seiten
...the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild, There, where a few torn sh»bs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest...race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his Unskilful he to fawn or seek for pow'r, [place ; By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other... | |
 | 1844 - 320 Seiten
...Rebellion; and died in poverty at Heigham. His writings are most valuable.] POETRY. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place: Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...age be compared to eastern slaves ? LESSON CXIII. — APRIL THE TWENTY-THIRD. The Village Clergyman, NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd nor wish'd to change his place ; Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 Seiten
...than a matter of finding things. There's wood to be cut. Come along.' HOWARD SPRING (1889—1965) 52. There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 Seiten
...miserly pay. Goldsmith's preacher bears a strong resemblance to Chaucer's Parson in The Canterbury Tales. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 Seiten
...readers will think the following extracts tedious. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There,...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. This is a fine natural stroke — We see the 'copse,' the 'torn shrubs,' and the ' scatter' d flowers.'... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. 4153 The Deserted Village A man , abide with me. 6670 'Praise, my soul, the King of...spares us; Well our feeble frame he knows ... Praise h wished to change his place. 4 1 54 The Deserted Village He chid their wand'rings, but relieved their... | |
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Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with... 
