Poems by Goldsmith and ParnellW. Bulmer and Company, 1804 - 68 pages |
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... splendour crown'd , Ye fields , where summer spreads profusion round , Ye lakes , whose vessels catch the busy gale , Ye bending swains , that dress the flowery vale , For me your tributary stores combine ; Creation's heir , the world ...
... splendour crown'd , Ye fields , where summer spreads profusion round , Ye lakes , whose vessels catch the busy gale , Ye bending swains , that dress the flowery vale , For me your tributary stores combine ; Creation's heir , the world ...
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... , and smiling toil retired , Where village statesmen talk'd , with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round , Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that 32 THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
... , and smiling toil retired , Where village statesmen talk'd , with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round , Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that 32 THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
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... splendours ! could not all Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall ! Obscure it sinks , nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's heart ; Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily ...
... splendours ! could not all Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall ! Obscure it sinks , nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's heart ; Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily ...
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... splendour feebly waits the fall . As some fair female , unadorn'd and plain , Secure to please , while youth ... splendours rise , Its THE DESERTED VILLAGE 35.
... splendour feebly waits the fall . As some fair female , unadorn'd and plain , Secure to please , while youth ... splendours rise , Its THE DESERTED VILLAGE 35.
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Oliver Goldsmith. But verging to decline , its splendours rise , Its vistas strike , its palaces surprise ; While , scourged by famine from the smiling land , The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks , without one ...
Oliver Goldsmith. But verging to decline , its splendours rise , Its vistas strike , its palaces surprise ; While , scourged by famine from the smiling land , The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks , without one ...
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Amidst thy bending beneath Bewick bless'd blessings bliss boast bosom breast calm charms cheer Cheshire Cleveland Row climes Clogher crown'd display Dublin e'en Edmund Burke fame fire flies friends gale gave Goldsmith guests happiness heart Heaven HERMIT Hoards honour horrours humble Ireland kind kings labour land Lord loveliest luxury mansion master merit mind mirth morn musick native nature's Number o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain parterre pass'd peasant pleased pleasure poem poet pomp poor praise pride proud Published January reign repose rich rise round Samuel Johnson sculp seem'd shade Shakspeare Printing Office shed shore sinks sire skies smiling solitary sorrow soul splendid splendour spread supplied swain sway SWEET Auburn TETIGIT thine THOMAS PARNELL Thou thy bowers toil truth turn Twas tyrant UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA village virtue wandering wealth wept Westminster Abbey where-e'er wild William Bulmer wish'd wretched youth