The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other PoemsGeorge Lamson, 1825 - 144 pages |
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... seems that the inhabitants of Lishoy pointed out , to a recent visitant of the spot , remains of the principal ob- jects referred to in the poem , the situation of which exactly corresponded with the description there given . A 2 " The ...
... seems that the inhabitants of Lishoy pointed out , to a recent visitant of the spot , remains of the principal ob- jects referred to in the poem , the situation of which exactly corresponded with the description there given . A 2 " The ...
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... seems , was so far removed from grace and beauty , that when being but nine years old , he was one day required to dance a hornpipe before a large assembly at his uncle's , the musician , very archly as he supposed , compared him to ...
... seems , was so far removed from grace and beauty , that when being but nine years old , he was one day required to dance a hornpipe before a large assembly at his uncle's , the musician , very archly as he supposed , compared him to ...
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... seems to have had a sin- cere friendship , observed on one occasion , 66 Dr. Goldsmith is one of the first men we have as an author , and he is a very worthy man too . He has been loose in his principles , but is coming right . " This ...
... seems to have had a sin- cere friendship , observed on one occasion , 66 Dr. Goldsmith is one of the first men we have as an author , and he is a very worthy man too . He has been loose in his principles , but is coming right . " This ...
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... seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence ev'ry state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone : Each to the ...
... seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence ev'ry state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone : Each to the ...
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... seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor , luxurious ... seem to find . Here may be seen in bloodless pomp array'd , The THE TRAVELLER . 39.
... seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor , luxurious ... seem to find . Here may be seen in bloodless pomp array'd , The THE TRAVELLER . 39.
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ambition Amidst ballad bards beauty bestow Bishop of Dromore blessings blest bliss blooms bookseller bow'rs breast brother BULKLEY Burke character charms cheerful climes Covent Garden cried David Garrick dear DESERTED VILLAGE e'en Epilogue EPITAPH ev'n ev'ry eyes fame feelings flies fond friendship Garrick genius gentle give heart heav'n hermit hoard honest honour Johnson keep a corner land Lishoy lord luxury mind mirth MISS CATLEY native ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passion pasty patriot pity pleas'd pleasure poem poet poet's poor pow'r praise pride racter reign Richard Burke rise round scene shore sigh sinks Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling sorrow soul spread Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tale thee thine thou toil TRAVELLER tripe turn Twas venison VICAR OF WAKEFIELD wand'ring wealth Whitefoord wish'd wretch
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Page 54 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please...
Page 60 - His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd...
Page 61 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 59 - She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.
Page 41 - ... Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 78 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. ' And there forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die ; 'Twas so for me that Edwin did. And so for him will I.
Page 117 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
Page 58 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Page 65 - Here, richly deck'd, admits the gorgeous train: Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts?
Page 61 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...