...the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. 4153 The Deserted Village A man , abide with me. 6670 'Praise, my soul, the King of...tends and spares us; Well our feeble frame he knows changed nor wished to change his place. 4 1 54 The Deserted Village He chid their wand'rings, but relieved...

...past, Here to return—and die at home at last. THE VILLAGE PREACHER From the 'Deserted Village 1 NEAE yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change, his place Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd...

...pensive plain. 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...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned...

...return — and die at home at last, Oliver Goldsmith THE VILLAGE PREACHER From the 'Deserted Village' Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change, his place Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for power, Far other aims...

...thought of Goldsmith. All these years she thought she was a pragmatist and now here she was, a romantic. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. 'Royal land/ said Mrs Perry. 'Never to be built on.' She came and stood by Angela. 'And we own that...

...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned...