The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1Hurst, 1889 - 245 pages |
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... mind to mind endear , For honour forms the social temper here : Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or e'en imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current - paid from hand to hand , It shifts , in splendid traffic , round the ...
... mind to mind endear , For honour forms the social temper here : Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or e'en imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current - paid from hand to hand , It shifts , in splendid traffic , round the ...
Page 74
... mind , He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking , resistless , and grand ; His manners were gentle , complying , and bland : Still born to improve us in every part- His pencil our faces , his manners our heart ...
... mind , He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking , resistless , and grand ; His manners were gentle , complying , and bland : Still born to improve us in every part- His pencil our faces , his manners our heart ...
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... mind ; When titles are the smallest claim ; When wealth , and rank , and noble blood , But aid the power of doing good : Then all their trophies last - and flattery turns to fame . Blest spirit thou , whose fame , just born to bloom ...
... mind ; When titles are the smallest claim ; When wealth , and rank , and noble blood , But aid the power of doing good : Then all their trophies last - and flattery turns to fame . Blest spirit thou , whose fame , just born to bloom ...
Contents
POEMS | 9 |
THE TRAVELER or a Prospect of Society | 23 |
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS | 36 |
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