The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 Seiten |
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... " No gaudy foplings scornfully deride " The swain , whose humble pipe is all his pride , " There will I fly to seek that soft repose , Which solitude contemplative bestows : " Yet , oh fond hope ! perchance there still lxxviii.
... " No gaudy foplings scornfully deride " The swain , whose humble pipe is all his pride , " There will I fly to seek that soft repose , Which solitude contemplative bestows : " Yet , oh fond hope ! perchance there still lxxviii.
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... hope ! perchance there still re- mains ; " One ling'ring friend behind , to bless the plains ; " Some hermit of the dale , inshrin'd in ease , " Long lost companion of my youthful days , " With whose sweet converse in the social bow'r ...
... hope ! perchance there still re- mains ; " One ling'ring friend behind , to bless the plains ; " Some hermit of the dale , inshrin'd in ease , " Long lost companion of my youthful days , " With whose sweet converse in the social bow'r ...
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... 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 frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ...
... 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 frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ...
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... than my betters ; " Howe'er , from this time , I shall ne'er see your graces , " As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses . " EDINBURGH , 1753 . STANZAS ON WOMAN . WH HEN lovely woman stoops to The Clown's Reply.
... than my betters ; " Howe'er , from this time , I shall ne'er see your graces , " As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses . " EDINBURGH , 1753 . STANZAS ON WOMAN . WH HEN lovely woman stoops to The Clown's Reply.
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... hope relies ; And ev'ry pang that rends the heart , Bids expectation rise . Hope , like the glimm'ring taper's light , Adorns and cheers the way , And still , as darker grows the night , Emits a brighter ray . SONG . O MEMORY ! thou ...
... hope relies ; And ev'ry pang that rends the heart , Bids expectation rise . Hope , like the glimm'ring taper's light , Adorns and cheers the way , And still , as darker grows the night , Emits a brighter ray . SONG . O MEMORY ! thou ...
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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Seite 38 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Seite 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Seite 49 - 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.
Seite 38 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn : Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Seite 42 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Seite 74 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Seite 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Seite 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Seite 10 - 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.
Seite 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...