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" And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish or may fade ; A breath can make them, as... "
The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India - Page 31
by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - 1894 - 355 pages
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...unvary'd cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's...children leave the land. / 111 fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes, with unvaried cries. Sunk are...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...bittern guards its nest ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvary'd cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all,...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and...
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

1814 - 310 pages
...guest, The hollow sounding bittern guards its nest : Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy...hand> Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, "Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and...
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Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ...

Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst ihy (iesert walks the liipwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries : Sunk are...shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the moulil'ring wall, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave...
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The Poetical Works, and Essays, of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...guest, * The hollow-sounding hittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries ; Sunk are...shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the monld'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoilei's hand Far, far away, thy children leave...
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries; Sunk are thy...hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the laud, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes and lords...
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Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy...shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave...
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The Deserted Village, Traveller, and Miscellaneous Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pages
...guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries ; Sunk are...shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the tnouhi'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking Irene the spoiler's handFar, far away thy children leave...
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Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 pages
...guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy...shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave...
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