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 sidor |
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... heav'n , To whom is thy inspiring mantle giv'n ? Or is no fellow - prophet left behind , To catch the spirit that infus'd thy mind ? Shall Dulness raise once more her hated head , And while Cimmerian glooms around her spread Exulting ...
... heav'n , To whom is thy inspiring mantle giv'n ? Or is no fellow - prophet left behind , To catch the spirit that infus'd thy mind ? Shall Dulness raise once more her hated head , And while Cimmerian glooms around her spread Exulting ...
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... heav'n I'll leave the rest . " . Thus spoke the bard : but not one friendly pow'r , With nod attentive , crown'd the parting hour ; No eastern meteor glar'd beneath the sky , No dextral omen ; Nature heav'd a sigh Prophetic of the dire ...
... heav'n I'll leave the rest . " . Thus spoke the bard : but not one friendly pow'r , With nod attentive , crown'd the parting hour ; No eastern meteor glar'd beneath the sky , No dextral omen ; Nature heav'd a sigh Prophetic of the dire ...
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... rising raptures fill , Yet still he sighs , for hoards are wanting still ; Thus to my breast alternate passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that heav'n to man sup- plies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , 11.
... rising raptures fill , Yet still he sighs , for hoards are wanting still ; Thus to my breast alternate passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that heav'n to man sup- plies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , 11.
Sida 42
... heav'n commences ere the world be past . Sweet was the sound , when oft at ev'ning's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There , as I pass'd with careless steps and slow , The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The ...
... heav'n commences ere the world be past . Sweet was the sound , when oft at ev'ning's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There , as I pass'd with careless steps and slow , The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The ...
Sida 46
... heav'n . As some tall cliff , that lifts its awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , Tho ' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . Beside yon straggling fence ...
... heav'n . As some tall cliff , that lifts its awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , Tho ' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . Beside yon straggling fence ...
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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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Sida 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...
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Sida 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Sida 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.
Sida 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...