Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. Contemplation. (You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, from Epicurus' herd). — HORACE: Epistolæ, lib. i. iv. 15, 16. 2 Thus altered by Johnson, All at her work the village maiden sings, Nor, while she turns the giddy wheel around. 8 See Sterne, page 379. 4 This line appears in the "Flowers of the Forest," part second, a later poem by Mrs. Cockburn. See Dyce's "Specimens of British Poetesses," p. 374. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. 1728-1774. Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, The Traveller. Line 1. Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, Line 7. Line 22. Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view. Line 26. These little things are great to little man. Line 42. Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine! Line 50. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Line 73. Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Line 91. Line 126. Line 137. By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; Line 153. But winter lingering chills the lap of May. Line 172. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Line 185. So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar Line 217. 1 See Garth, page 295. CRABBE: Tales of the Hall, book iii. GRAVES: The Epicure. 2 See Pope, page 329. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days The Traveller. Line 251. They please, are pleas'd; they give to get esteem, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Line 266. Line 282. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, Line 327. The land of scholars and the nurse of arms. Line 356. Line 372. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. Line 386. Fore'd from their homes, a melancholy train, Line 409. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find. Line 423. Line 436. The Deserted Village. Line 1. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, 1 The character of the French. 2 See Dryden, page 277. Line 13. 8 When Davies asked for an explanation of "Luke's iron crown," Goldsmith referred him to a book called “Géographie Curieuse," and added that by "Damien's bed of steel" he meant the rack. - GRANGER: Letters, (1805), p. 52. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. The Deserted Village. Line 29. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, 1 A breath can make them, as a breath has made; 1 Line 51. His best companions, innocence and health; Line 61. How blest is he who crowns in shades like these Line 99. Line 110. While Resignation gently slopes away, Line 121. A man he was to all the country dear, Line 141. Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Line 157. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Qu'un souffle peut détruire, et qu'un souffle a produit Line 161. Line 167. (It is a shining glass, which a breath may destroy, and which a breath has produced). DE CAUX (comparing the world to his hour-glass). Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, Even children follow'd with endearing wile, Line 183. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace Line 189. Line 199. In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, 1 See Dryden, page 269. 2 A cap by night, a stocking all the day of an Author's Bed-Chamber. Line 209. Line 223. Line 227. |