 | Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowois, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline> Retreat from cares, that never must he mine. How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,...where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to comhat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...blest retirement! friend to life's decline— Retreats from care that never must be mine! How happy he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour...and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate: But on he moves... | |
 | William Upcott - Bibliotheca topographica britannica - 1818 - 516 pages
...pages. LXIV. WENSLEYDALE: or Rural Contemplations- a Poem. By T. MAUDE, Esq. The FOURTH EDITION. " How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease : Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way. ' — GOLDSMITH.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease; IVho quits a world when0 strong temptations ttfl And, since, 'tis hard to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate :... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 598 pages
...exclaiming in the genuine language of poetic fervor : How blest is he who crowns in shades like these Л youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations "У. And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly '• Onward he moves, to meet his latter end, Angels... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...at last. O blest retirement ! friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,...and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from. the gate ; But on he... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...the Same. O BL,EST Retirement ! friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,...born to work and weep Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ;... | |
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How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! 
