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" Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never... "
Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this ... - Page 2
1792 - 91 pages
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The Deserted Village: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith - 1770 - 44 pages
...fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mouldering wall, And And trembling, flirinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haftening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourifh, or...
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...the long grafs o'ertops the mouldering wall j And And trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hands, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haftening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourim, or...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...bowers in fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children...accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourifh, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peafantry, their...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 544 pages
...in fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'er tops the mould'ring wall, And trembling, fluinking, from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. The paflage already examined, and this, have both the fame chara&er of verbofity. There is a repetition...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

1785 - 316 pages
...in fhapelefs rtin all, And the long graf« o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, trembling, fhrinkiug from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. ' . - . v. ..... Princes and lords may flcurifl', or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, And, trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children...accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourifh, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peafantry, their...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...long grals o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And trembling, flirinking from the (poiler's hand, Far, fiir gments lie ! . Let wreaths of triumph now my temples...twine,. The Viftor cried ; the glorious prize is mine ! flourifh, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold pcalantry, their country's...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...all. And the long, grafs o'ertop^ the mould 'ring wall. And, trembling, fhrinkmg from the fpoilsr's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill...haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men dtcav : Princes and Lords may fiouriih, or may tadc; A breath can make them, as a breath has made...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 308 pages
...bowers in fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And trembling, fblinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children...accumulates, and men decay. .\ Princes and lords may flourifti, or may fade ; .; A breath can make thtrri, as a breath has made! But a bold peafantry, their...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - 1792 - 284 pages
...long grafs o'er-tops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, flirinking from the fpoilet's hand, Par, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haA'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourifh, or may...
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