 | 1821 - 284 páginas
...and cumbrous pomp repose ; And ev'ry want to luxury ally'd, And ev'ry pang that folly pays to pride. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay — 'Tis your's to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. He then describes that... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 páginas
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'T is yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the... | |
 | 1821 - 284 páginas
...has now nearly brought this once happy country to ruin, in the following genuine colours — T'rourt swells the- tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world aronod... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 páginas
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 páginas
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a'happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 páginas
...pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand lietwcen a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore. And shouting... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1824 - 534 páginas
...friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joy increase, the poor's decay ; 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid...freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore — Yet count our gains — this wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products still... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy? litt( 'Tie yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land. Proud swells the... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...; And, civil wlTÎïe fashion's brightest ertsr decoy. The heart distrusting asks, if this he joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "I is yours to judge, how wide the limits stand between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 páginas
...into pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around.... | |
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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. 
