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" Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can... "
The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry - Page 147
by English poetry - 1809
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The Deserted Village: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mouldering wall, And And trembling, flirinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haftening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourifh, or...
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...the long grafs o'ertops the mouldering wall j And And trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hands, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haftening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourim, or...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, And, trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourifh, or...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...all. And the long, grafs o'ertop^ the mould 'ring wall. And, trembling, fhrinkmg from the fpoilsr's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men dtcav : Princes and Lords may fiouriih, or...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And trembling, fblinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land ! Ill fares the land, to haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. .\ Princes and lords may flourifti,...
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Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this ...

1792 - 112 pages
...all , And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall , And trembling, shrinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land , to haft'ning ills a prey ; , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay : Princes and Lords may flourish,...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...long grafs o'er-tops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, flirinking from the fpoilet's hand, Par, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haA'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourifh, or may...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with the life of the author ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, flu inking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land! Ill fares the land, to haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may fiourifli, or...
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. . * * * # * * The sounds of population fail, No chearful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...all, And the long grafs o ertop* the mould'ring wall; And trembling, flirinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haft'ning ill» a prey, \Vherc wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and Lords may flourilh, or...
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