The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that heaven to man supplies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the hoard of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign ...
... passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that heaven to man supplies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the hoard of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign ...
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... passion on his heart , And even those ills , that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies . Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child ...
... passion on his heart , And even those ills , that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies . Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child ...
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... passion . I'll give thee something yet unpaid , Not less sincere than civil : I'll give thee - Ah ! too charming maid , I'll give thee - To the Devil . [ 1 First printed in The Bee , 6th October , 1759. ] [ First printed in The Bee ...
... passion . I'll give thee something yet unpaid , Not less sincere than civil : I'll give thee - Ah ! too charming maid , I'll give thee - To the Devil . [ 1 First printed in The Bee , 6th October , 1759. ] [ First printed in The Bee ...
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... passion ; But both in malice and grimaces A courtier any ape surpasses . Behold him humbly cringing wait Upon a minister of state ; View him soon after to inferiors , Aping the conduct of superiors ; He promises with equal air ; And to ...
... passion ; But both in malice and grimaces A courtier any ape surpasses . Behold him humbly cringing wait Upon a minister of state ; View him soon after to inferiors , Aping the conduct of superiors ; He promises with equal air ; And to ...
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... passion touch'd my heart , I triumph'd in his pain . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , He left me to my pride ; And sought a solitude forlorn , In secret , where he died . " But mine the sorrow , mine the fault , And well my life ...
... passion touch'd my heart , I triumph'd in his pain . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , He left me to my pride ; And sought a solitude forlorn , In secret , where he died . " But mine the sorrow , mine the fault , And well my life ...
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