The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 páginas |
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... ev'ning gambol shall delight , Nor moonshine revels crown the vacant night , But groups of villagers ( each joy forgot ) Shall form a sad assembly round the cot . Sweet bard , farewell - and farewell Auburn's bliss , The bashful lover ...
... ev'ning gambol shall delight , Nor moonshine revels crown the vacant night , But groups of villagers ( each joy forgot ) Shall form a sad assembly round the cot . Sweet bard , farewell - and farewell Auburn's bliss , The bashful lover ...
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... ev'ning warble Philomela made , The echoing forest , and the whisp'ring shade , The winding brook , the bleat of brute content , And the blithe voice that " whistled as it went . " These shall no longer charm the ploughman's care , But ...
... ev'ning warble Philomela made , The echoing forest , and the whisp'ring shade , The winding brook , the bleat of brute content , And the blithe voice that " whistled as it went . " These shall no longer charm the ploughman's care , But ...
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... crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot , where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil , and trim their ev'ning fire ; Blest that abode , where want and pain repair ,
... crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot , where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil , and trim their ev'ning fire ; Blest that abode , where want and pain repair ,
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... ev'ning group to draw , And tell of all I felt , and all I saw ; And , as a hare , whom hounds and horns pursue , Pants to the place from whence at first she flew , I still had hopes , my long vexations past , Here to return - and die ...
... ev'ning group to draw , And tell of all I felt , and all I saw ; And , as a hare , whom hounds and horns pursue , Pants to the place from whence at first she flew , I still had hopes , my long vexations past , Here to return - and die ...
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... ev'ning's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There , as I pass'd with careless steps and slow , The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk - maid sung , The sober herd that low'd to meet ...
... ev'ning's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There , as I pass'd with careless steps and slow , The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk - maid sung , The sober herd that low'd to meet ...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ... Oliver Goldsmith Vista de fragmentos - 1805 |
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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Página 38 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Página 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Página 49 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 38 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn : Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Página 42 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Página 74 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Página 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Página 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Página 10 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Página 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...