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Yes , Brother , curse with me that baleful hour , When first ambition struck at regal
power ; 18 “ It is not yet decided in politics , whether the diminution of kingly
power in England tends to increase the happiness or freedom of the people . For
my ...
Yes , Brother , curse with me that baleful hour , When first ambition struck at regal
power ; 18 “ It is not yet decided in politics , whether the diminution of kingly
power in England tends to increase the happiness or freedom of the people . For
my ...
Page 36
Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , * Those calm desires that ask ' d
but little room , Those healthful sports that grac ' d the peaceful scene ... Sweet
Auburn ! parent of the blissful hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant ' s
power .
Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , * Those calm desires that ask ' d
but little room , Those healthful sports that grac ' d the peaceful scene ... Sweet
Auburn ! parent of the blissful hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant ' s
power .
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... or seek for power , By doctrines fashion ' d to the varying hour ; Far other aims
his heart had learn ' d to prize , More skill ' d to raise the wretched than to rise .
His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wanderings , but
reliev ...
... or seek for power , By doctrines fashion ' d to the varying hour ; Far other aims
his heart had learn ' d to prize , More skill ' d to raise the wretched than to rise .
His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wanderings , but
reliev ...
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Obscure it sinks , nor shall it more impart An hour ' s importance to the poor man '
s heart ; Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily
care ; No more the farmer ' s news , the barber ' s tale , No more the woodman ' s
...
Obscure it sinks , nor shall it more impart An hour ' s importance to the poor man '
s heart ; Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily
care ; No more the farmer ' s news , the barber ' s tale , No more the woodman ' s
...
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... Near her betrayer ' s door she lays her head , And , pinch ' d with cold , and
shrinking from the shower , With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour , When
idly first , ambitious of the town , She left her wheel , and robes of country brown .
... Near her betrayer ' s door she lays her head , And , pinch ' d with cold , and
shrinking from the shower , With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour , When
idly first , ambitious of the town , She left her wheel , and robes of country brown .
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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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