 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 sidor
...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness ot destruction done; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
 | 1800 - 322 sidor
...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done: Fv'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 sidor
...devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, • I see the rural virtues leave the...the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 sidor
...a ruin round. " E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the...the sail, That, idly waiting, flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand : Contented toil,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 sidor
...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 sidor
...begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Even now, mi-thinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I sec the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring...the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the sliore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil,... | |
 | 1806 - 330 sidor
...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done : Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 sidor
...devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land....the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 sidor
...devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction clone ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land....the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 sidor
...devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land....the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil,... | |
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Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore and darken all... 
