The poems and plays of Oliver GoldsmithIra Bradley & Company, 1818 - 254 pages |
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... Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destined such delights to share , My prime of life in ...
... Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destined such delights to share , My prime of life in ...
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... laughter tittered round the place ; The bashful virgin's side - long 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 ...
... laughter tittered round the place ; The bashful virgin's side - long 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 ...
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... laugh that spoke the vacant mind . These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And filled each pause the nightingale had made . But now the sounds of population fail , No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale ; No busy steps the ...
... laugh that spoke the vacant mind . These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And filled each pause the nightingale had made . But now the sounds of population fail , No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale ; No busy steps the ...
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... laughed , with counterfeited glee , At all his jokes - for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper , circling round , Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned ; Yet he was kind , or if severe in aught , The love he bore to ...
... laughed , with counterfeited glee , At all his jokes - for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper , circling round , Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned ; Yet he was kind , or if severe in aught , The love he bore to ...
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... laughing at all ! In short , so provoking a devil was Dick , That we wished him full ten times a day at old Nick ; But , missing his mirth and agreeable vein , As often we wished to have Dick back again . Here Cumberland lies , having ...
... laughing at all ! In short , so provoking a devil was Dick , That we wished him full ten times a day at old Nick ; But , missing his mirth and agreeable vein , As often we wished to have Dick back again . Here Cumberland lies , having ...
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Page 27 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge...
Page 53 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind. His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland : Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart.
Page 21 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 26 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place : Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.
Page 65 - ... curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
Page 29 - The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...
Page 29 - 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.
Page 34 - Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Page 38 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn, Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, Pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares arc wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 28 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair, To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...