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The hamlet lies far from any high road , on a dreary plain which , in wet weather ,
is often a lake . The lanes would break any jaunting car to pieces ; and there are
ruts and sloughs through which the most strongly built wheels cannot be ...
The hamlet lies far from any high road , on a dreary plain which , in wet weather ,
is often a lake . The lanes would break any jaunting car to pieces ; and there are
ruts and sloughs through which the most strongly built wheels cannot be ...
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1 REMOTE , unfriended , melancholy , slow , Or by the lazy Scheld , or wandering
Po ; Or onward , where the rude Carinthian ' boor Against the houseless stranger
shuts the door ; Or where Campania ' s plain forsaken lies , A weary waste ...
1 REMOTE , unfriended , melancholy , slow , Or by the lazy Scheld , or wandering
Po ; Or onward , where the rude Carinthian ' boor Against the houseless stranger
shuts the door ; Or where Campania ' s plain forsaken lies , A weary waste ...
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... separation with stronger force . Those ties that bind me to my native country
and you are still unbroken ; by every remove I only drag a greater length of chain
. ' - Citizen of the World , vol . i . lett . 3 . Lakes , forests , cities , plains , extending ...
... separation with stronger force . Those ties that bind me to my native country
and you are still unbroken ; by every remove I only drag a greater length of chain
. ' - Citizen of the World , vol . i . lett . 3 . Lakes , forests , cities , plains , extending ...
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Lakes , forests , cities , plains , extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd
' s humbler pride . When thus creation ' s charms around combine , Amidst the
store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain
...
Lakes , forests , cities , plains , extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd
' s humbler pride . When thus creation ' s charms around combine , Amidst the
store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain
...
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While the pent ocean , rising o ' er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath
him smile ; The slow canal , the yellow - blossom ' d vale , The willow - tufted
bank , the gliding sail , The crowded mart , the cultivated plain , 12 A new creation
...
While the pent ocean , rising o ' er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath
him smile ; The slow canal , the yellow - blossom ' d vale , The willow - tufted
bank , the gliding sail , The crowded mart , the cultivated plain , 12 A new creation
...
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| Title | Poetical Works |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 mär. 2009 |
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