The Poetical WorksG. Bell, 1867 - 186 pages |
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Page xviii
... appear that , in the midst of many pleasant amenities , they affected him very deeply . There is the letter about the books deposited with a friend , and that is melan- choly enough ; but after that there was merely every - day misery ...
... appear that , in the midst of many pleasant amenities , they affected him very deeply . There is the letter about the books deposited with a friend , and that is melan- choly enough ; but after that there was merely every - day misery ...
Page 27
... appear- Lakes , forests , cities , plains extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic ...
... appear- Lakes , forests , cities , plains extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic ...
Page 32
... appear , Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives that blossom but to die , — These , here disporting , own the kindred soil , Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ...
... appear , Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives that blossom but to die , — These , here disporting , own the kindred soil , Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ...
Page 40
... ; ' But view them closer , craft and fraud appear , Even liberty itself is barter'd here . At gold's superior charms all freedom flies ; The needy sell it , and the rich man buys : A land of tyrants , and a den of slaves 40 THE TRAVELLER .
... ; ' But view them closer , craft and fraud appear , Even liberty itself is barter'd here . At gold's superior charms all freedom flies ; The needy sell it , and the rich man buys : A land of tyrants , and a den of slaves 40 THE TRAVELLER .
Page 82
... , And among brother mortals - be Goldsmith his name ; When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear , You , Hermes , shall fetch him - to make us sport here . His pencil was striking , resistless , and grand ; 82 RETALIATION .
... , And among brother mortals - be Goldsmith his name ; When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear , You , Hermes , shall fetch him - to make us sport here . His pencil was striking , resistless , and grand ; 82 RETALIATION .
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