Johnson & Goldsmith & Their PoetryAMS Press, 1971 - 175 pages |
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Page 48
... Wealth heap'd on wealth nor truth nor safety buys , The dangers gather as the treasures rise . Let hist'ry tell , where rival kings command , And dubious title shakes the madded land , The reference is to the financial disasters which ...
... Wealth heap'd on wealth nor truth nor safety buys , The dangers gather as the treasures rise . Let hist'ry tell , where rival kings command , And dubious title shakes the madded land , The reference is to the financial disasters which ...
Page 122
... wealth . But times are altered ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land and dispossess the swain ; Along the lawn , where scattered hamlets rose , Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose , And every want to opulence allied , And every ...
... wealth . But times are altered ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land and dispossess the swain ; Along the lawn , where scattered hamlets rose , Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose , And every want to opulence allied , And every ...
Page 142
... wealthy lord was he ; And all his wealth was marked as mine- He had but only me . " To win me from his tender arms , Unnumber'd suitors came , Who praised me for imputed charms , And felt or feigned a flame . " Each hour a mercenary ...
... wealthy lord was he ; And all his wealth was marked as mine- He had but only me . " To win me from his tender arms , Unnumber'd suitors came , Who praised me for imputed charms , And felt or feigned a flame . " Each hour a mercenary ...
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