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" In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting... "
Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works - Page 7
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 127 pages
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 200 pages
...out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting, by repose. . . THE DESERTED VILLAGE. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst...draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw; And as an hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had...
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 196 pages
...grewRemembrance wakes with all hur busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. In all mv wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs...draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And as an hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, l'iints to the place from whence ;it lirst she flew, ra&rw*...
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The Elements of Elocution, Etc

Charles Richson - 1860 - 216 pages
...a year elaps'd, return to view, Where once the cottage stood — the hawthorn grew — Eemembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast,...for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to shew my book-learn'd skill, — Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and...
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Poetical reading book, with aids for grammatical analysis, paraphrase and ...

John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 pages
...my wanderings through this world of care, In all my griefs— [and God has given my share — ] 85 I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst...| I still had hopes, [for pride attends us still,] g0 Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell...
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Pearls from the poets: specimens selected, with biogr. notes, by H.W. Dulcken

Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; 14 LINES FROM THE "DESERTED VILLAGE." To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - 570 pages
...seek a kinder shore, And rural mirth and manners are no more. Amidst thy tangling walks and ruined grounds, And, many a year elapsed, return to view...for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to shew my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of ah1 I felt and all...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...little room, Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene, Lived in each look, and brighten' d all the green, These, far departing, seek a kinder...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw...
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Choice Poems and Lyrics

Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...confess the tyrant's power. Here, as I take my solitary rounds, Amidst thy tangling walks, and ruined grounds, And, many a year elapsed, return to view...hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to shew my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Life

Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 pages
...my griefs — and God has given my share — 4 Calm desires] ' Gentle thoughts and calm desires !' I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst...saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pante to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to...
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A history of English literature, in a series of biographical sketches

William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...touching is this yearning utterance, spoken from the literary toiler's deep and solitary heart :— In all my wanderings round this world of care, In...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, — Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I...
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