Goldsmith's Poems and PlaysJ.M. Dent, 1960 - 317 pages |
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Page 67
... TURN , gentle Hermit of the dale , And guide my lonely way , To where yon taper cheers the vale , With hospitable ray . " For here , forlorn and lost I tread , With fainting steps and slow ; Where wilds , immeasurably spread , Seem ...
... TURN , gentle Hermit of the dale , And guide my lonely way , To where yon taper cheers the vale , With hospitable ray . " For here , forlorn and lost I tread , With fainting steps and slow ; Where wilds , immeasurably spread , Seem ...
Page 68
... turn , thy cares forego ; All earth - born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below , Nor wants that little long . " : Soft as the dew from heav'n descends , His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends , And ...
... turn , thy cares forego ; All earth - born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below , Nor wants that little long . " : Soft as the dew from heav'n descends , His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends , And ...
Page 116
... turn prepare The adverse champion , and with stern command Bid him repel the charge with equal hand . There front to ... turns they rush , by turns the victors yield , Heaps of dead Foot choke up the crimson'd field : They fall unable to ...
... turn prepare The adverse champion , and with stern command Bid him repel the charge with equal hand . There front to ... turns they rush , by turns the victors yield , Heaps of dead Foot choke up the crimson'd field : They fall unable to ...
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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