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" Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my... "
The works of Oliver Goldsmith, ed. by P. Cunningham - Page 42
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1854
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bow'rs to lay me down5 To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep...(for pride attends us still) Amidst the swains to shew my book-learn'd skill ; Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...past to pain. In all my wand'rings round this world of care, In all my griefs....and God has giv'n my share.... I still had hopes, my latest hours to...draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw; And, as an hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to- the place from whence at first he flew, I still had...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...turns the past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours...hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to shew my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose j I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst...swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...past to pain. In all my wand'rings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has giv'n my share— I still had hopes my latest hours to crown,...hopes— for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to shew my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...past to pain. In all my wand'rings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and GOD has giv'n my share—* I still had hopes my latest hours to...us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skilLD2 Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And as a have,...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...past to pain. In all my wand'rings round this world of care, In all my griefs— and God has giv'n my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to...hopes— for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to shew my book-Iearn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...bow'rs to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting my are men, "'ondemn'd :dike to groan ; The tender for...! why should they know their fate! Since sorrow ne if all I felt, and all I saw ; And, ns a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...to view Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew, Remembrance wakes with all her hmv train. To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep...us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd ski 1 1, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of all 1 felt, and all I saw ; And, as a...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...and God has giv'n my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bow'rs to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the...And keep the flame from wasting, by repose : I still bad hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my lire...
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