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Τ Η Ε L IF F E OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH , M. B. * OLIVER LIVER GOLDSMITH , son of the Reverend Charles Goldsmith , was born at Elphin , in the county of Roscommon in Ireland , in the year 1729. His father had four fons , of whom Oliver was ...
Τ Η Ε L IF F E OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH , M. B. * OLIVER LIVER GOLDSMITH , son of the Reverend Charles Goldsmith , was born at Elphin , in the county of Roscommon in Ireland , in the year 1729. His father had four fons , of whom Oliver was ...
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Forbear , my son , ” the Hermit cries , “ To tempt the dang'rous gloom ; “ For yonder faithless phantom flies “ . To lure thee to thy doom . “ Here to the houseless child of want , “ My door is open ftill ; " And tho ' my portion is but ...
Forbear , my son , ” the Hermit cries , “ To tempt the dang'rous gloom ; “ For yonder faithless phantom flies “ . To lure thee to thy doom . “ Here to the houseless child of want , “ My door is open ftill ; " And tho ' my portion is but ...
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But not their joys alone thus coarsely flow : Their morals , like their pleasures , are but low , For , as refinement stops , from fire to son Unalter'd , unimprov'd the manners run , And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart ...
But not their joys alone thus coarsely flow : Their morals , like their pleasures , are but low , For , as refinement stops , from fire to son Unalter'd , unimprov'd the manners run , And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart ...
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... over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose , In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall ? 405 Behold the duteous son , the fire decay'd , The THE 37 TRAVELLER.
... over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose , In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall ? 405 Behold the duteous son , the fire decay'd , The THE 37 TRAVELLER.
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Behold the duteous son , the fire decay'd , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Forc'd from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the western main ; 410 Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around ...
Behold the duteous son , the fire decay'd , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Forc'd from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the western main ; 410 Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around ...
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| Title | Poems and Plays |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Messrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 274 pages |
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