 | 1770 - 268 sidor
...Say, what is friendfhip ? but a name, A charm that lulls to fleep ; A fha^e that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep. And what is love ? an empty found, The modern fair one's jeft ; On earth unfeen, or only found To warm the turtle's neft.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 sidor
...trifling , and decay ; ,,And those who prize the paltry things, , ,,More trilling still than they. ,,And what is friendship but a name, .,A charm that lulls to sleep ; ,,A shade that .follows wealth or fame , ,,But leaves the wretch to weep ? ,,And love is still an emptier sound, ,,The modern fair... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 sidor
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. « And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep '. « And love is still an emptier sound. The haughty fair one's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 sidor
...Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's... | |
 | Samuel Low - 1800 - 158 sidor
...heav'n her conscious soul informs, That worth like MISA's never dies. \ INSTABILITY OF FRIENDSHIP. And what is friendship but a name; A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame. But leaves the wretch to weep? Goldsmith. To smooth the thorny road of life, we fain A fellow... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 sidor
...trifling, and decay ; " And those who prize the paltry things, " More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, " A charm that lulls to -sleep ; " A shade that follows wealth or fame, " But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, " The modern fair-one's... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 sidor
...And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship hut a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame. And leaves the wretch to weep? ,> " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 sidor
...Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's... | |
 | 1806 - 330 sidor
...trifling, and decay; " And those who prize the paltry things, " More trifling stHl than they. " And what is friendship but a name, " A charm that lulls to sleep; " A shade that follows wealth or fame, '• But leaves the wretch to weep? * And love is still an emptier sound, " The modern feir-one's... | |
 | 1810 - 420 sidor
...little long." Yet doei he not betray strong symptoms of his nature, when he declares " Friendship's but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep." Now we have experienced in time of necessity that it was not a name.... | |
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And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep... 
