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... wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather bliss to see my fellows blest . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct when all ...
... wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather bliss to see my fellows blest . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct when all ...
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... ignorance and toil , Each wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at morn , he wakes from short repose , Breathes the keen air , and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep , Or drives THE TRAVELLER . 13.
... ignorance and toil , Each wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at morn , he wakes from short repose , Breathes the keen air , and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep , Or drives THE TRAVELLER . 13.
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... wishes all confin'd : Yet let them only share the praises due ; If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast , Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest , Whence from such lands each ...
... wishes all confin'd : Yet let them only share the praises due ; If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast , Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest , Whence from such lands each ...
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... the sake of novelty and variety , one would sometimes wish to be in the right . I am , Dear sir , Your sincere friend , and ardent admirer , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . 1 THE DESERTED VILLAGE . SWEET Auburn ! loveliest village DEDICATION . 27.
... the sake of novelty and variety , one would sometimes wish to be in the right . I am , Dear sir , Your sincere friend , and ardent admirer , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . 1 THE DESERTED VILLAGE . SWEET Auburn ! loveliest village DEDICATION . 27.
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... wish'd to change , his place ; Unskilful he to fawn , or seek for power By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize , More bent to raise the wretched than to rise . His house was known to ...
... wish'd to change , his place ; Unskilful he to fawn , or seek for power By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize , More bent to raise the wretched than to rise . His house was known to ...
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Amidst ballad Bartholomew fair beauty black calf black sheep blessings blest bliss bound in cloth bowers breast CÆSAR CHARLES TILT charms climes coronation cried David Garrick dear e'en eating Edition eyes fame feast flies follow'd fond gentle gilt edges go to Bartholomew Grogan heart heart of oak Heaven honour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL keep a corner King of Morocco kings kiss hands land Lord loyal luxury mind mirth morocco elegant Napoleon never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH on't once pain pasty patriot pleas'd pleasure poem poet poor praise Price pride Printer rage raptures rise round savage nations Shakspeare shore sink skies smile sorrow soul spread STOOPS TO CONQUER stranger swain sweet SWEET Auburn taught tell thee thine thing thou toil turn turtle twas venison Vide village wealth weep Whitefoord wife wife's lamentation wretch
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Page 41 - Where the poor houseless shivering female lies. She once, perhaps, in village plenty blest, Has wept at tales of innocence distrest ; Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now lost to all : her friends, her virtue fled, Near her betrayer's door she lays her head...
Page 39 - 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 44 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil, and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love.
Page 61 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 10 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 41 - Altama murmurs to their woe. Far different there from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing.
Page 43 - To new-found worlds, and wept for others' woe; But for himself, in conscious virtue brave, He only wish'd for worlds beyond the grave. His lovely daughter, lovelier in her tears, The fond companion of his helpless years, Silent went next, neglectful of her charms, And left a lover's for a father's arms.
Page 109 - Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word — From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind ; She freely lent to all the poor — Who left a pledge behind.
Page 78 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring, A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 35 - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment, tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.