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... spreading tree ! While many a pastime circled in the shade , The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolic'd o'er the ground , And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still , as each repeated ...
... spreading tree ! While many a pastime circled in the shade , The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolic'd o'er the ground , And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still , as each repeated ...
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... spread her wholsome store , Just gave what life requir'd , but gave no more : His best companions , innocence and health ; And his best riches , ignorance of wealth . But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land , and ...
... spread her wholsome store , Just gave what life requir'd , but gave no more : His best companions , innocence and health ; And his best riches , ignorance of wealth . But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land , and ...
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... spread , To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn , To seek her nightly shed , and weep till morn ; She only left of all the harmless train , The sad historian of the pensive plain . Near yonder copse , where once the garden . smil'd ...
... spread , To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn , To seek her nightly shed , and weep till morn ; She only left of all the harmless train , The sad historian of the pensive plain . Near yonder copse , where once the garden . smil'd ...
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... , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With THE DESERTED VILLAGE . 19.
... , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With THE DESERTED VILLAGE . 19.
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... spread a ruin round . Even now the devastation is begun , And half the business of destruction done ; Even now , methinks , as pond'ring here I stand , • I see the rural Virtues leave the land . 26 THE DESERTED VILLAGES.
... spread a ruin round . Even now the devastation is begun , And half the business of destruction done ; Even now , methinks , as pond'ring here I stand , • I see the rural Virtues leave the land . 26 THE DESERTED VILLAGES.
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Page 24 - Now lost to all — her friends, her virtue fled — Near her betrayer's door she lays her head, And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel, and robes of country brown.
Page 36 - 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 37 - As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, re-counts it o'er; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill, Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still...
Page 20 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 35 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 21 - The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Page 13 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old...
Page 26 - 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 69 - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Page 15 - Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene, Lived in each look, and brightened all the green — These, far departing, seek a kinder shore, And rural mirth and manners are no more.