The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou transitory flower , alike undone By proud contempt , or favour's fostering sun , Still may thy blooms the changeful clime endure , I only ...
... thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou transitory flower , alike undone By proud contempt , or favour's fostering sun , Still may thy blooms the changeful clime endure , I only ...
Page 33
... thou curs'd by Heaven's decree , How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms , by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid ...
... thou curs'd by Heaven's decree , How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms , by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid ...
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... Thou source of all my bliss , and all my woe , That found'st me poor at first , and keep'st me so ; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel , Thou nurse of every virtue , fare thee well ! Farewell , and Oh ! where'er thy voice be ...
... Thou source of all my bliss , and all my woe , That found'st me poor at first , and keep'st me so ; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel , Thou nurse of every virtue , fare thee well ! Farewell , and Oh ! where'er thy voice be ...
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... Thou best humour'd man with the worst humour'd muse . " 1 [ An adaptation of Rochester on Lord Buckhurst . It is half suspected that Whitefoord wrote this " Postscript " himself . The recently published Whitefoord Papers ( 1898 ) throw ...
... Thou best humour'd man with the worst humour'd muse . " 1 [ An adaptation of Rochester on Lord Buckhurst . It is half suspected that Whitefoord wrote this " Postscript " himself . The recently published Whitefoord Papers ( 1898 ) throw ...
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... thou conquerest , though dead- Since from thy tomb a thousand heroes rise ! AN ELEGY ON THAT GLORY OF HER SEX , MRS . MARY BLAIZE 2 GOOD people all , with one accord , Lament for Madam BLAIZE , Who never wanted a good word— From those ...
... thou conquerest , though dead- Since from thy tomb a thousand heroes rise ! AN ELEGY ON THAT GLORY OF HER SEX , MRS . MARY BLAIZE 2 GOOD people all , with one accord , Lament for Madam BLAIZE , Who never wanted a good word— From those ...
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