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" Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that... "
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and ... - Page 19
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 425 pages
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock...and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock...and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth : His seat, where solitary sports are...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride, Takes up a space that nianj* poor supply'd ; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space...that wraps his limbs in silken cloth, Has robb'd the neigh b'ring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...all ihe world around ; Yet count our gains : this wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product and Love of Mail. For him alone, Hope leads from goal...unconfin'd, It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind. iimhs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...gains : this wealth is but a uainc That leaves o-ar useful product still the same. Kot so the toss : the man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that...extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and bounds •. The rube that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighboring fields of half...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith ...: To which is Prefixed an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...the tide with loads of freighted , ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich me.n flock...and hounds : The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robu'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are...
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

1814 - 310 pages
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighboring fields of half their growth ; His seat where solitary sports are...
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains—this wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken cloth Has robbed the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a namo That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock...and hounds : The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are...
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