 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 pages
...skies; The canvass glow'd beyond e'en Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail ;j_bt While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns unman'd, and lords without a slave :... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...skies ; The canvass glow'd, beyond e'en nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form; Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd and lords without a slave : And late... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...skies ; The canvass glow'd, beyond e'en Nature warm ; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form: Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave ; And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...skies ; The canvas glow'd, beyond e'en nature warm ; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce, on other shores, display'd her sail ; While nought remain'd, of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave : And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...skies ; The canvass glow'd, beyond e'en Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form : Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail ; While nought remained of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave : And... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...skies ; The canvas glow'd, beyond e'en Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form : Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail ; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns uumann'd, and lords without a slave : And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...skies ; The canvass glow'd beyond e'en Nature Worm ; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, •Commerce on other shores display'd her sail ; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave. And... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...skies ; The canvass glow'd, beyond e'en Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form i Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail ; While nought remain'dof all that riches gave, But towns unmanned, and lords without a slave : And... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...skies ; The canvas glow'd, beyond e'en Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form : Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail ; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave: And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...skies; The canvass glow'd beyond e'en nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Commerce on other shores display'd her sail; While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave: And late... | |
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While nought remain'd of all that riches gave, But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave; And late the nation found with fruitless skill Its former strength was but plethoric ill. Yet still the loss of wealth is here supplied By arts, the splendid... 
