The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... Head in Gerard Street , Soho . In December of the same year Goldsmith established his reputation by publishing his first narrative poem , The Traveller . In 1766 appeared his most famous work , the novel The Vicar of Wakefield . The ...
... Head in Gerard Street , Soho . In December of the same year Goldsmith established his reputation by publishing his first narrative poem , The Traveller . In 1766 appeared his most famous work , the novel The Vicar of Wakefield . The ...
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... head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal , To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm , and bred in ignorance and toil , Each wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at ...
... head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal , To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm , and bred in ignorance and toil , Each wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at ...
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... head , and continue to think those luxuries prejudicial to states , by which so many vices are intro- duced , and so many kingdoms have been undone . Indeed so much has been poured out of late on the other side of the question , that ...
... head , and continue to think those luxuries prejudicial to states , by which so many vices are intro- duced , and so many kingdoms have been undone . Indeed so much has been poured out of late on the other side of the question , that ...
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... midway leaves the storm , Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . 150 160 170 180 190 Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With THE DESERTED VILLAGE 17.
... midway leaves the storm , Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . 150 160 170 180 190 Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With THE DESERTED VILLAGE 17.
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... head could carry all he knew . But past is all his fame . The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd , is forgot . Near yonder thorn , that lifts its head on high , Where once the sign - post caught the passing eye , Low lies that ...
... head could carry all he knew . But past is all his fame . The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd , is forgot . Near yonder thorn , that lifts its head on high , Where once the sign - post caught the passing eye , Low lies that ...
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