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Gems from the English Poets: Chaucer to Tennyson ; with Biographical Notices ... - Page 264
by English poets - 1889 - 503 pages
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claim allow'd ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and lalk'd the night away...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, hut reliev'd their pain. The long-remember'd beggar was his guest,...had his claims allow'd; The broken soldier, kindly hade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...than to rise. His house was known to all the Tagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain } The long-remember'd beggar was his guest,...no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claim allow'd ; The broken soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain ; The long-remember ; d beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept...allow'd ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain ; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept...allow'd ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire, and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, •Shoulder'd...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...long remember'd beggar was his guest, " Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; " The rufn'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, " Claim'd kindred...soldier, kindly bade to stay, " Sat by his fire, and talk'dthe night away; " Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, " Shoulder'd his crutch, andshew'd...
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...seek for power, By doctrines fashion 'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had Iearn'd°to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise....allow'd, The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire, and talk'd the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd...
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Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ...

Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain : The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept...The broken soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by his lire, and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, • Shoulder'd his...
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The Reader: Containing I. The Art of Delivery ... a Selection of Lessons in ...

Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...train ; He chid their wanderings, but reliev'd their pain. The long remember'd beggar was his g|iest,* Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The...broken soldier kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and taik'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and...
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...doctrines fashioned to the varying hour: Far other aims his heart had learned to prize— More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was...chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain: The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast; The ruined spendthrift,...
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