The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when ...
... wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when ...
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... wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose , Breasts the keen air , and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep , Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep ; Or ...
... wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose , Breasts the keen air , and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep , Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep ; Or ...
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... wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest . Whence from such lands each ...
... wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest . Whence from such lands each ...
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... wish to be in the right . I am , Dear Sir , Your sincere friend , and ardent admirer , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE DESERTED VILLAGE WEET Auburn ! loveliest village of the plain , Sw Where health and plenty cheer'd the labouring swain , Where ...
... wish to be in the right . I am , Dear Sir , Your sincere friend , and ardent admirer , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE DESERTED VILLAGE WEET Auburn ! loveliest village of the plain , Sw Where health and plenty cheer'd the labouring swain , Where ...
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... wish obtain , The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And , even while fashion's brightest arts decoy , The heart distrusting asks , if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the ...
... wish obtain , The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And , even while fashion's brightest arts decoy , The heart distrusting asks , if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the ...
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