And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary... The life of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 556by sir James Prior - 1837Full view - About this book
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thou fbund'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of ev'ry virtue, fare thee well. Farewel ; and O ! where'er thy voice be try'd, On Torno's cliffs, or... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...shame, To catch the heart, or strive for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source...by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtuej fare thee well ! Farewel, and oh ! where'er thy voice be try'd, • On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame : Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source...excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well : John Bewich, del. et sculp THE SAD HISTORIAN. Published January i, 1804, by William Bulmer, at the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source...guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of ev'ry virtue, fare thee well ; Farewell ! and O ! where'er thy voice be tryM, On Torno's cliffs, or... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...'d, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That roundest me poor at first, and keep'st me so ; Thou guide,...nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thec well ; Farewel, and O ! wliere'er thy voice be try'd, On. Torno's cliff, or Fambamarca's side.... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thou found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ; Thou...guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of ev'ry virtue, fare thee well. Farewel ; and O ! where'er thy voice be try'd, On Torno's cliffs, or... | |
| James Grant Raymond - 1806 - 364 pages
...solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and kcep'st me so ; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel ; • Thou nurse of all the virtues : — fare thee well !" The fourth and fifth couplets of the extract from Dermody m»y... | |
| Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...decry'd, . . '.» My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss and all my wo«,. That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so;...- .'"^ Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well! Covvper has pursued a different course from that of Goldsmith, but has successfully attained the 'same... | |
| Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 236 pages
...decry'd. My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe. That fouud'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou curse of every virtue, fare thce well! Cowper has pursued a different coyrse from that of Goldsmith,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'U, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source...excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well ; Farewell, and O ! where'er thy voice be try'd, On Torno's cliff, or Pambamarca's side, Whether where... | |
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