 But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress...  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 258by Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes: But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...impotence of dress. Thus fares the land, by luxury belray'd, In nature's simplest charms at first array'd, But verging to decline, its splendors rise,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes; But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...impotence of dress. Thus fares the land, by luxury betray'd, In nature's simplest charms at first array'd; But, verging to decline, its splendours rise,... | |
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...Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes ; But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...impotence of dress : Thus fares the land, by luxury betray 'd, In nature's simplest charms at first array'd; But verging to decline, its splendours rise,... | |
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...Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes ; But when those charms are pass'd, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...impotence of dress. Thus fares the land, by luxury betray 'd ; In nature's simplest charms at first array 'd, But verging to decline, its splendours rise,... | |
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 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes : But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...impotence of dress. Thus fares the land, by luxury betray'd, In nature's simplest charms at first array'd, But verging to decline, its splendors rise,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes; But when those charms are past, for charms arc frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...bless, In all the glaring; impotence of dress. Thus faies the land, by luxury betray'd, In nature's simplest charms at first array'd, But verging to decline,... | |
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...supplie Kbr shares with art the triumph of her eyes : But when those charms are past, for charms frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...all the glaring impotence of dress. Thus fares the Iqnd, by luxury betray 'd, In natures simplest charms at first anay'd, But verging to decline, its... | |
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...Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes : But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then...solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress. Thvw fares the land, by luxury betray'd, In natures simplest charms at first anay'd, But verging to... | |
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