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... Honour- able Charles Lord Halifax , " of which Goldsmith himself says : " Few poems have done more honour to English genius than this . There is in it a strain of political thinking , that was , at that time [ 1701 ] , new in our poetry ...
... Honour- able Charles Lord Halifax , " of which Goldsmith himself says : " Few poems have done more honour to English genius than this . There is in it a strain of political thinking , that was , at that time [ 1701 ] , new in our poetry ...
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... boasting reason's shame . " First edition , altered in second . " And though rough rocks or gloomy summits frown . " First edition , altered in second . Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content . 8 THE TRAVELLER .
... boasting reason's shame . " First edition , altered in second . " And though rough rocks or gloomy summits frown . " First edition , altered in second . Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content . 8 THE TRAVELLER .
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Oliver Goldsmith Peter Cunningham. Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails , And honour ...
Oliver Goldsmith Peter Cunningham. Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails , And honour ...
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... honour forms the social temper here . Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , 1 " I had some knowledge of music with a tolerable voice , and now turned what was once my amusement into a present ...
... honour forms the social temper here . Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , 1 " I had some knowledge of music with a tolerable voice , and now turned what was once my amusement into a present ...
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... 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 ...
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Page 46 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. 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...
Page 45 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 42 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 43 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, For all the bloomy flush of life is fled...
Page 44 - 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 43 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His Heaven commences ere the world be past!
Page 40 - While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove. These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these, With sweet succession, taught even toil to please; These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms - but all these charms are fled.
Page 50 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? — Ah, turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies.
Page 51 - Ah, no! To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Page 83 - Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day. Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.