And steady loyalty and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and... The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 70by Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1709 - 578 pages
...parlour of a solitary inn, over a solitary botde of wine ;" exclaiming, with Goldsmith, to his Muse, " Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keeps't me so !" drinking the health of those whom he lov'd, or singing in the sweetest of all strains such tender... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety, with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
| 1800 - 322 pages
...connubial tenderness are there; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid,. Still...first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. / And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strive for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love : And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...for honest fame : Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade ! Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
| 1806 - 330 pages
...connubial tenderness are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still firbt to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry 'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That roundest... | |
| James Grant Raymond - 1806 - 364 pages
...thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly when sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degen'rate days of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame : Dear charming nymph ! dejected and decried ; My shame in crowds, ray solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and... | |
| Edward Mangin - 1808 - 236 pages
...declaration of what was his notion concerning a poet's duty, and the influence of his art on mankind: " And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid. Still...to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame. To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame: Dear, charming nymph! neglected... | |
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