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" Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ... - Page 153
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 527 pages
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. time there was, ere England's griefs began, en every rood of ground maintain'd its man ;...
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The Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1836 - 150 pages
...the epoiler'shand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...began, 'When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; Рог him light Labour spread herwholesome store, Just gave what life rcquir'd, but gave no more...
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In jouwerkoerke fol Frysk griemank, ree makke in de Friesen oonbean

Rinse Posthumus - 1836 - 84 pages
...Livre 3, Harmonie 9. DHUKT TE U1UN.S BU J. OOMKENS, w>> Boekforkeaper , Boek- in Stiendrukker . 1856. Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , Where...But a bold peasantry , their country's pride , When once destroy' d , can never be supplied. Vut O. GOLDSMITHS gedicht , the deserted village. It Franse...
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The picaroon, by the author of 'Makanna'.

Picaroon - 1837 - 958 pages
...understanding, as pass the broken traces of a dream. CHAPTER X. " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supplied." GOLDSMITH. AMONG the green delights of Hagglestone's garden,...
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British Farmer's Magazine, Volume 1

Agriculture - 1837 - 530 pages
...economists may talk as they like, but poor Goldsmith was right. " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay; Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." Mr. Slacker's remedy for the poverty of the " peasantry" is...
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De Vrije Fries, Volume 9

Friesland (Netherlands) - 1862 - 464 pages
...Posthumus overgenomen en vertaald [Jouwerkoerke , pag. 3]: „ 111 fares the land, to hastening ilLs a prey, „ Where wealth accumulates and men decay....a breath has made; „ But a bold peasantry, their countrys pride, „ When once destroyed can never be supplied. De Romeinen, het grootste volk dat op...
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The Farmers' Register, A Monthly Publication, Devoted to the Improvement of ...

Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 782 pages
...economists may talk as they like, but poor Goldsmith was right: " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay; Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." Mr. Blacker is determined they shall not be destroyed. He has...
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The Farmers' Register, Volume 6

Edmund Ruffin - Agriculture - 1838 - 834 pages
...economists may talk as they like, but poor Goldsmith was right: " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can ne ver be supplied." Mr. Blacker is determined they shall not be destroyed. He...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's...England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'ditsman ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man ; C2 For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just...
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