The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His Poetry |
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Ęsop Amidst Auburn ballad bard blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms climes comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fire flies folly fond forlorn genius happiness HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour imitations Johnson labour land learning ling'ring lord luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY moral nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty patriot piece plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride printed rise round scene sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling sorrow soul spread Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tears thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas VENISON Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst Whitefoord wretched write
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 38 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn : Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Page 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Page 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.
Page 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...