The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1Hurst, 1889 - 245 pages |
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... land . 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 ...
... land . 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 ...
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... land , by luxury betrayed : In nature's simplest charms at first arrayed , But verging to decline , its splendours rise , Its vistas strike , its palaces surprise ; While , scourged by famine , from the smiling land , The mournful ...
... land , by luxury betrayed : In nature's simplest charms at first arrayed , But verging to decline , its splendours rise , Its vistas strike , its palaces surprise ; While , scourged by famine , from the smiling land , The mournful ...
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... Land . ( Apart to Tony . ) Sure , you ben't sending them to your father's as an inn , be you ? Tony . Mum , you fool you . Let them find that out . ( To them . ) You have only to keep on straightforward , till you come to a large old ...
... Land . ( Apart to Tony . ) Sure , you ben't sending them to your father's as an inn , be you ? Tony . Mum , you fool you . Let them find that out . ( To them . ) You have only to keep on straightforward , till you come to a large old ...
Contents
POEMS | 9 |
THE TRAVELER or a Prospect of Society | 23 |
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS | 36 |
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