Goldsmith's Poems and PlaysJ.M. Dent, 1960 - 317 pages |
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... have been written early in 1771. The present version is printed from the second edition " taken from the author's last Transcript , " and issued in the same year as the first . ] THE HAUNCH OF VENISON A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE1.
... have been written early in 1771. The present version is printed from the second edition " taken from the author's last Transcript , " and issued in the same year as the first . ] THE HAUNCH OF VENISON A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE1.
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Oliver Goldsmith. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE1 THANKS , my Lord , for your venison , for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest , or smok'd in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters to study , The ...
Oliver Goldsmith. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE1 THANKS , my Lord , for your venison , for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest , or smok'd in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters to study , The ...
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... Lord , alike distress'd , For streams of mercy long ; Those streams that cheer the sore oppress'd , And overwhelm the strong . FIRST PROPHET RECITATIVE But whence that shout ? Good heavens ! amazement all ! See yonder tower just nodding ...
... Lord , alike distress'd , For streams of mercy long ; Those streams that cheer the sore oppress'd , And overwhelm the strong . FIRST PROPHET RECITATIVE But whence that shout ? Good heavens ! amazement all ! See yonder tower just nodding ...
Contents
THE DESERTED VILLAGE | 16 |
Part of a Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius | 53 |
On Seeing Mrs perform in the Character of | 59 |
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