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" 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. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with... "
The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most ... - Page 45
by Apollo - 1800
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 42

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...hare done honour to any poet of any age : ' Near yonder copfe, where once the garden (mii'J, And itill where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn ftirubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeil manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...harmtefs train, The fad hiftorian of the penfive plain-. Near yonder copfe, where once the garden fmiled, And ftill where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn fhrubs the place difclofu, The village preacher's modell manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And pafling...
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Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And ...

Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...more: where ignorance.is bill's, 'Tis folly to be wife. T.HE rCOUNTRY CLERGYMAN. Er GOLDSMITH. NEAR yonder copfe, where once the garden fmil'd, And ftill...There, where a few torn fhrubs the place difclofe, The viUage preacher's modeft mannon rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And pafling rich with...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...is the lefs neceflary ; but probably few readers will think the following extracts tedious. • Near yonder copfe, where once the garden fmil'd, And ftill...difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. This is a fine natural ftroke. — We 'fee the ' copfe t the ' torn JhrubsJ and the ' fcatterd flowers.'...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...readers will think the following extracts tedious. Near yonder copfe, where once the garden finil'd, And ftill where many a garden flower grows wild ;...fhrubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeftmanfionrofe. This is a fine natural ftroke. — We fee the * copfe ,' the ' torn Jhrubs,' and...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...I"— There was iwriihig in the fentence — it was one of yourCHAP. V. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. EAR yonder copfe, where once the garden fmil'd. And ftill...garden flower grows wild; There, where a few torn ihrubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...only left of all the harmleis train, .••.:, <•-' The fad hiftorian of the penfive plain. Near yonder copfe, where once the garden fmil'd| And ftill where many a garden flow'r grows wild : There, where a few torn fhrubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeft...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 3

Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1789 - 484 pages
...mouldering wall. Near : SSefdjrei'Bcn&e ©ebidjte. 277 Near yonder copfe, where once the garden Imil'd, And ftill where many a garden flower grows wild; There, where a few thorn-fli rubs the place disclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all...
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Beauties of literature, selected from various authors by H. Waylett

Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...the thing a beau. MERRICK. The Country Clergyman. EAR yonder copfe, where once the gardsn finil'd, And ftill where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...fhrubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modcft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And palling rich with forty pounds a year;...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...till morn ; She only left, of all the harmlefs train, The fad hiftorian of_the penfive plain ! Near yonder copfe, where once the garden fmil'd, And ftill...garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn mrubs the place difclofe, The village Preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country...
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