PoemsW. A. Bartow, 1821 - 216 pages |
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... 182 Asem , an Eastern Tale ; or , the Wisdom of Provi- dence in the moral Government of the World A Reverie at the Boar's Head Tavern , in Eastcheap 198 189 THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH . OLIVER GOLDSMITH was the CONTENTS .
... 182 Asem , an Eastern Tale ; or , the Wisdom of Provi- dence in the moral Government of the World A Reverie at the Boar's Head Tavern , in Eastcheap 198 189 THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH . OLIVER GOLDSMITH was the CONTENTS .
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... wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ; while you have left the field of ambition , where the la- bourers are many , and the harvest not worth ...
... wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ; while you have left the field of ambition , where the la- bourers are many , and the harvest not worth ...
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... wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind ; As different good , by art or nature given , To different nations , makes their blessings even . Nature , a mother kind alike to all , Still grants her bliss at labour's earnest call ...
... wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind ; As different good , by art or nature given , To different nations , makes their blessings even . Nature , a mother kind alike to all , Still grants her bliss at labour's earnest call ...
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... wisdom of antiquity in that particular as erroneous . Still , however , I must remain a professed ancient on that head , and continue to think those luxuries prejudicial to states by which so many vices are intro- duced , and so many ...
... wisdom of antiquity in that particular as erroneous . Still , however , I must remain a professed ancient on that head , and continue to think those luxuries prejudicial to states by which so many vices are intro- duced , and so many ...
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... never talked of love . ' In humble , simplest habit clad , No wealth or power had he : Wisdom and worth were all he had , But these were all to me . G ' The blossom opening to the day , The dews MISCELLANEOUS POEMS . 65.
... never talked of love . ' In humble , simplest habit clad , No wealth or power had he : Wisdom and worth were all he had , But these were all to me . G ' The blossom opening to the day , The dews MISCELLANEOUS POEMS . 65.
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acquaintance Alcander amusement appearance beauty blessed bliss breast Bulkley charms creature cried Asem David Garrick dear distress dress e'en Eastcheap Edmund Burke Epilogue eyes Falstaff fancy fond fool fortune friendship genius gentleman give Goldsmith good-natured happiness heart heaven honour humour kingdom of Ireland kings knew lady learning lived lord luxury Lysippus mad dog manner master mind mirth Miss Catley nature neral never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once passion pasty perceived pity pleased pleasure poem poet poor praise pride replied repug round scarce seemed Septimius Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling society soon sorrow soul Stoops to Conquer story sure SWEET AUBURN tavern tell terror thee thing thou thought thousand guineas toil turn twas venison vice Vide page 68 village virtue wealth Whitefoord whole wisdom woman wretch youth
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Page 51 - A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 45 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm.
Page 46 - While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; 20 And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round; And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Page 53 - No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Page 49 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place...
Page 47 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches ignorance of wealth.
Page 46 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green; One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain...
Page 50 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. The long remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed...
Page 30 - No product here the barren hills afford But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid- rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.