The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith ...: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's LifeB. Johnson, 1813 - 107 sidor |
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... happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paus'd on every charm , The shelter'd cot , the cultivated farm . The never failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topt the neighb'ring hill , The hawthorn bush , with ...
... happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paus'd on every charm , The shelter'd cot , the cultivated farm . The never failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topt the neighb'ring hill , The hawthorn bush , with ...
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... happiness and obscurity , with an income of forty pounds a year . I now percieve , my dear brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and labourers are but few ...
... happiness and obscurity , with an income of forty pounds a year . I now percieve , my dear brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and labourers are but few ...
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... happiness in states , that are differently governed from our own ; that every state has a particular principle of hap- piness , and that this principle in each may be carried to a mischievous excess . There are few can judge , better ...
... happiness in states , that are differently governed from our own ; that every state has a particular principle of hap- piness , and that this principle in each may be carried to a mischievous excess . There are few can judge , better ...
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... happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wandering hope at rest . May gather bliss to see my fellows blest . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shudd'ring tenant of the ...
... happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wandering hope at rest . May gather bliss to see my fellows blest . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shudd'ring tenant of the ...
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... happiness attends , And spurns the plan that aims at other ends ; Till carried to excess in each domain , This fav'rite good begets peculiar pain . But let us try these truths with closer eyes , And trace them through the prospect as it ...
... happiness attends , And spurns the plan that aims at other ends ; Till carried to excess in each domain , This fav'rite good begets peculiar pain . But let us try these truths with closer eyes , And trace them through the prospect as it ...
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Amidst ballad bards blank verse blessings blest bliss boast bowers breast bridal night brother Burke charms cheerful climes cry'd David Garrick dear decay Doctor e'en Edmund Burke eyes fame fault feast fire fled flies folly fond forlorn Garrick gentle gentleman give guest heart Heaven hermit Hoards honest honour hour humble humour keep a corner kind labour land learning lord lovers luxury mind mirth ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty patriot plac'd plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet pomp poor praise pride proud raptures reign Richard Burke rise round shew'd shore sigh simile sinks Sir Joshua Reynolds skies skill'd smiling sorrow soul spread Stoops to Conquer stranger supply'd swain sweet SWEET Auburn talk'd thee thine things thou toil Trinity College tripe turn Twas venison wealth weep wept Whitefoord wish'd wretch
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Sida 23 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Sida 26 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Sida 41 - 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 46 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed...
Sida 21 - While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove, — These were thy charms, sweet village! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please; These, round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms, — but all these charms are fled!
Sida 94 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
Sida 22 - His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain ; Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth, and cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride.
Sida 42 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease : The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.
Sida 44 - That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Sida 25 - She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn ; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain.