 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 500 pages
...Thomas Byrne, a retired quarter-master of an Irish regiment th,\t hatl served in Marlborough's wars. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts iuspirM, Where grey-beard... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 564 pages
...eould earry all he knew.* But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he trinmph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where onee the sign-post eaught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. THE DESERTED VILLAGE. 4T Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where grey-beard... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot, t inglorious, though the event was dire, As this place...testifies, and this dire change, Hateful to utter. signpost caught the passing Low eye, lies that 220 nutbrown house where draughts inspired, Where graybeard... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 858 pages
...could carry all he knew. 216 But past is all his fame: the very spot, Where many a time he triumph'a, Dunciad,1 Bk. IV., 1742) In vain, in vain, the all-composing Hour Resist sign-post caught the passing eye, 220 Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd. Where... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 468 pages
...head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, 220 Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed ither should be, "Strive and sign-post caught the passing eye, 220 Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where... | |
 | English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed oon ; Then x - sign-post caught the passing eye, 220 Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1916 - 136 pages
...head could carry all he knew. ^ But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot.^. — Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, 220 t Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where... | |
 | Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - Readers - 1917 - 386 pages
...the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd is forgot. Near yonder...thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where graybeard... | |
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Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired. 
