| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 Seiten
...planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; thgugh submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance... | |
| 1809 - 402 Seiten
...wuigs expand, To winnow fragrance round tbe smiling land. But small the bliss that sense aloue bestow*, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid...that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all hi* manners r«ign : Tho' poor, luxurious ; tho' submissive, vain ; Tbo' grave, yet trifling •, zealous,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beanty, groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted fanlts thro'... | |
| Francis Collins - 1809 - 354 Seiten
...121 " These here disporting own the kindred soil, " Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; " In florid beauty groves and fields appear, " Man seems the only growth that dwindles here ; " But small the bliss which sense alone bestows, " And sensual bliss is what the nation knows; "... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...expand, To winuow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestow*, Ami 'd, admits the gorgeous train; tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing Mm it-tins the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through nil his manners reign: Tho'... | |
| John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...toil; While While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling. land! But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue;, And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 Seiten
...planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand" To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles Bere. Contrasted faults through all his manners rcigit ; Though poor.luxurious; though submissive,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 Seiten
...small the hliss that sense alone hestows, And sensnal hliss is all the nation knows. In florid heanty groves and fields appear: Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted fanlts throngh all his manners reign ; Thongh poor, lnxnrions; thongh snhmissive, vain. Thongh grave,... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 Seiten
...toil J While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land/ . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...knows. In florid beauty, groves and fields appear, Man seqnis the only growth that dwindles here ; Contrasted faults thro' all his' manners reign ; Tho' poor,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 Seiten
...planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And aven in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves... | |
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