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... To fee the hoard of human bliss so fmall ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness confign'd , 60 Where my worn foul , each wand'ring hope at reft , May gather blifs to fee my fellows bleft .
... To fee the hoard of human bliss so fmall ; And oft I wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness confign'd , 60 Where my worn foul , each wand'ring hope at reft , May gather blifs to fee my fellows bleft .
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THE wretch condemn'd with life to part , Still , ftill on hope relies ; And ev'ry pang that rends the heart , Bids expectation rife . Hope , like the glimm'ring taper's light , Adorns and chears the way ; And still , as darker grows the ...
THE wretch condemn'd with life to part , Still , ftill on hope relies ; And ev'ry pang that rends the heart , Bids expectation rife . Hope , like the glimm'ring taper's light , Adorns and chears the way ; And still , as darker grows the ...
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An't please you , ' quoth John , ' I'm not given to letters , Nor dare I pretend to know more than my betters ; Howe'er from this time I fhall ne'er fee your graces , As I hope to be faved ! without thinking on affes .
An't please you , ' quoth John , ' I'm not given to letters , Nor dare I pretend to know more than my betters ; Howe'er from this time I fhall ne'er fee your graces , As I hope to be faved ! without thinking on affes .
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Whatever reason you may have for being out of your fenfes , I hope you'll allow that I'm not quite unreasonable for continuing in mine . Jar . You're the only man alive in your prefent fituation that could do fo .
Whatever reason you may have for being out of your fenfes , I hope you'll allow that I'm not quite unreasonable for continuing in mine . Jar . You're the only man alive in your prefent fituation that could do fo .
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I hope this weather does not affect your fpirits . To be fure , if this weather continues - I fay nothing -- but God send we be all better this day three months . Honey . I heartily concur in the wish , though I own not in your ...
I hope this weather does not affect your fpirits . To be fure , if this weather continues - I fay nothing -- but God send we be all better this day three months . Honey . I heartily concur in the wish , though I own not in your ...
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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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