 And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits him there? To see profusion that he must not share; To see ten thousand baneful arts combined To pamper luxury and thin mankind...  The gift book of English poetry - Page 229by English poetry - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...nose : the trailing cloud Streams far behind him, scenting all the air. COWBER. THE DESERTED FEMALE. WHERE, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape...fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And ev'n the hare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? To see profusion that be... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...The mournful 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 !...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 - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...The mournful 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 !...pride? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, lie drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...reside* To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride \ If to some common's fenceless limits «tray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the hare-worn common is denied, If to the city sped, what waits him there? To see profusion that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...peasant leads bis 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 strayed, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade—- Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...The mournful 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 !...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there? To see profusion... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...The mournful 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 !...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped, what waits him there ? To see profusion that... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms— a. garden, and a grave. Where then, ah I where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? To see profusion... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1819 - 82 pages
...famished, dying in the street ? May I be forgiven for quoting these admirable lines of Goldsmith ? If to the city sped — what waits him there ? To...must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know Extorted from... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...The mournful 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...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare- worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped — What waits him there? To see profusion... | |
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