 The country blooms — a garden and a grave. Where then, ah! where, shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride? If to some common's fenceless limits strayed He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the...  A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse - Page 329edited by - 1907 - 484 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...surprize; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, . . The...contiguous pride? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...surprise; While, scourg'd by famine, from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray' d, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms....a garden and a grave. Where then, ah, where shall poverty...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...surprise ; While, scourged by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray 'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...surprise ; While, scourg'd by famine, from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...surprise; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land. The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide.... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...surprize ; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...surprise, While, sormrg'db) famine from the smilingland The mournful peasant leads his humble land ; to mend ; Now pleas'd along the cloistcr'd walk you...and 10 court the Muse. Meantime at me (while all Mray'd, He drives his flock to nick the scanty blade, Those fenreJt- «s fields the sons of wealth... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...surprise ; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms—a garden, and a grave. Where then, ah ! where shall...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide.... | |
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