The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... pity at some mournful tale , Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destin'd such delights to share , My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care , Impell'd , with steps unceasing ...
... pity at some mournful tale , Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destin'd such delights to share , My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care , Impell'd , with steps unceasing ...
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... pity , justice , indignation start , Tear off reserve , and bare my swelling heart ; Till half a patriot , half a coward grown , I fly from petty tyrants to the throne.3 Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , i . 202 ( ch . xix ...
... pity , justice , indignation start , Tear off reserve , and bare my swelling heart ; Till half a patriot , half a coward grown , I fly from petty tyrants to the throne.3 Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , i . 202 ( ch . xix ...
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... pity gave ere charity began . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride , And e'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call , He watch'd and wept , he pray'd and felt , for all . And , as a bird each ...
... pity gave ere charity began . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride , And e'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call , He watch'd and wept , he pray'd and felt , for all . And , as a bird each ...
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... pity , alas ! that so lib'ral a mind Should so long be to news - paper essays confin'd ; Who perhaps to the summit of science could soar , Yet content " if the table he set on a roar ; Whose talents to fill any station were fit , Yet ...
... pity , alas ! that so lib'ral a mind Should so long be to news - paper essays confin'd ; Who perhaps to the summit of science could soar , Yet content " if the table he set on a roar ; Whose talents to fill any station were fit , Yet ...
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... pity , than in hate , That he should be , like Cupid , blind , To save him from Narcissus ' fate . THE GIFT TO IRIS , IN BOW - STREET , COVENT GARDEN SAY , cruel IRIS , pretty rake , Dear mercenary beauty , What annual offering shall I ...
... pity , than in hate , That he should be , like Cupid , blind , To save him from Narcissus ' fate . THE GIFT TO IRIS , IN BOW - STREET , COVENT GARDEN SAY , cruel IRIS , pretty rake , Dear mercenary beauty , What annual offering shall I ...
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