The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... This favourite good begets peculiar pain . But let us try these truths with closer eyes , And trace them through the prospect as it lies : 60 70 80 80 90 100 Here for a while my proper cares resign'd , Here OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
... This favourite good begets peculiar pain . But let us try these truths with closer eyes , And trace them through the prospect as it lies : 60 70 80 80 90 100 Here for a while my proper cares resign'd , Here OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
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... eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , - By forms unfashion'd , fresh from Nature's hand ; Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagin'd right , above control , While ...
... eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , - By forms unfashion'd , fresh from Nature's hand ; Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagin'd right , above control , While ...
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... eye , Low lies that house where nut - brown draughts inspir'd , Where grey - beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd , Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly ...
... eye , Low lies that house where nut - brown draughts inspir'd , Where grey - beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd , Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly ...
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... eyes : But when those charms are pass'd , for charms are frail , When time advances and when lovers fail , She then shines forth , solicitous to bless , In all the glaring impotence of dress . Thus fares the land , by luxury betray'd ...
... eyes : But when those charms are pass'd , for charms are frail , When time advances and when lovers fail , She then shines forth , solicitous to bless , In all the glaring impotence of dress . Thus fares the land , by luxury betray'd ...
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... be my poison , A prettier dinner I never set eyes on ; Pray a slice of your liver , though may I be curs'd , But I've eat of your tripe till I'm ready to burst . ' ' The tripe , ' quoth the Jew , with 28 OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
... be my poison , A prettier dinner I never set eyes on ; Pray a slice of your liver , though may I be curs'd , But I've eat of your tripe till I'm ready to burst . ' ' The tripe , ' quoth the Jew , with 28 OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
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