The Poetical Works ...Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 355 pages |
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Page 47
... honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown : Till time may come , when ...
... honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown : Till time may come , when ...
Page 48
... that baleful hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , 48 GOLDSMITH'S POEMS .
... that baleful hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , 48 GOLDSMITH'S POEMS .
Page 67
... honour , yet fearing to roam , The coachman was tipsy , the chariot drove home : Would you ask for his merits ? alas ! he had none : What was good was spontaneous , his faults were his own . Here lies honest Richard , whose fate I must ...
... honour , yet fearing to roam , The coachman was tipsy , the chariot drove home : Would you ask for his merits ? alas ! he had none : What was good was spontaneous , his faults were his own . Here lies honest Richard , whose fate I must ...
Page 127
... honour dear . But this vile hour disperses all my store , And all my hoard of honour is no more ; For , ah ! too partial to my life's decline , Cæsar persuades , submission must be mine ; Him I obey , whom Heaven itself obeys , Hopeless ...
... honour dear . But this vile hour disperses all my store , And all my hoard of honour is no more ; For , ah ! too partial to my life's decline , Cæsar persuades , submission must be mine ; Him I obey , whom Heaven itself obeys , Hopeless ...
Page 151
... honours of my head ; That I found humour in a piebald vest , Or ever thought that jumping was a jest . [ Takes off his mask . Whence , and what art thou , visionary birth ? Nature disowns , and reason scorns , thy mirth ; In thy black ...
... honours of my head ; That I found humour in a piebald vest , Or ever thought that jumping was a jest . [ Takes off his mask . Whence , and what art thou , visionary birth ? Nature disowns , and reason scorns , thy mirth ; In thy black ...
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Ballads beauty blessings blest bliss bound in cloth breast BULKLEY Burke CHALDEAN CHARLES BENNETT CHARLES GRIFFIN charms cheer CHORUS cloth and gold cloth gilt elegant comedy Covent Garden cried David Garrick dear Edited EDMUND BURKE EPILOGUE essays eyes fame Fcap fear flies folly handsomely bound heart Heaven honour Illustrated Johnson Kilkenny labour land Lord luxury Memoir and Notes mind mirth MISS CATLEY never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain Pasty plain pleasure poem Poetical Poets poor praise pride rage raptures Recitative Reynolds rise ROBERT BELL round Royal 8vo scene SECOND PRIEST SECOND PROPHET sigh sinks sizar skies smiling SONG sorrow soul spread spurn Stoops to Conquer supplies swain sweet SWEET Auburn thee thine thou thoughts toil Toned Paper triumph turn Twas Ven'son village wealth weep Whitefoord WILLIAM SPALDING WOMAN wretch yonder youth