 | John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 pages
...passion ;' to banish every unpleasant reflection from my memory; and diffuse tranquillity o'er my mind. ' But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the -freaks of wanton wealth array'd ; In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, e'en... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art; Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, UnenvyM,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvicd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art : Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art ; Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and own their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolick o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art ; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, UnenvyM,... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art ; Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art, Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...nature has its play, uie "ill adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; O 4 Lightly ELEGANT EXTRACTS, o rule, Tie village master taught array 'cl, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain: And,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...bliss go round ; Nor the coy maid, half willing to be prest, Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere t filters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even... | |
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Yes, let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, 255 The soul adopts, and owns their... 
