These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the... The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Страница 257по Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 288 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 страници
...passion ;' to banish every unpleasant reflection from my memory; and diffuse tranquillity o'er my mind. ' But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the -freaks of wanton wealth array'd ; In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 страници
...unconfin'd. But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between... | |
| 1800 - 322 страници
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, UnenvyM, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; And,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 страници
...their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconftn'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain : And... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 страници
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolick o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 страници
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, UnenvyM, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 страници
...array'd, In these, ere trifters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between... | |
| 1806 - 330 страници
...their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And,... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 страници
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array ' d, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ;... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 страници
...Lightly ELEGANT EXTRACTS, Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfin'd : e, the proud disdain. These simple blessings of the lowly train : To me more dea array 'cl, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain: And,... | |
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