 Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...  Selections from the British Poets - Page 321840Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...VILLAGE PREACHER. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild. There, where a few torn shrubs the place...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...NEAR yonder copse, where once the gar den smil'd [wild, And still, where many a garden flow'r grows There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,...preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country, dear, Í And passing rich with forty pounds a year ! Remote from towns, he ran his god!y race,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 pages
...Country Clergyman. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place : Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Михаил Николаевич Загоскин - 1834 - 232 pages
...where once the garden smiled, A nd still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a lew torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's...rose ; % A man he was to all the country dear, And passing-rich with forty pounds a year." GOLDSMITH. YOURY and Alexis, much against their will, followed... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 pages
...garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the pluce disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose....towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place : Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place;... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
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