Poetical WorksLittle, Brown, 1862 |
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Oliver Goldsmith. · Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot , where cheerful guests retire То pause from toil , and trim their evening fire ; Blest that abode ...
Oliver Goldsmith. · Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ; Blest be that spot , where cheerful guests retire То pause from toil , and trim their evening fire ; Blest that abode ...
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... round ; Ye lakes , whose vessels catch the busy gale ; Ye bending swains , that dress the flowery vale ; For me your tributary stores combine : Creation's heir , the world — the world is mine ! - As some lone miser , visiting his store ...
... round ; Ye lakes , whose vessels catch the busy gale ; Ye bending swains , that dress the flowery vale ; For me your tributary stores combine : Creation's heir , the world — the world is mine ! - As some lone miser , visiting his store ...
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... round the smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all ...
... round the smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all ...
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... round surveys His children's looks , that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard , Displays her cleanly platter on the board ; And haply too some pilgrim , thither led , With many a tale repays the ...
... round surveys His children's looks , that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard , Displays her cleanly platter on the board ; And haply too some pilgrim , thither led , With many a tale repays the ...
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... round the land ; From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise : They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer ...
... round the land ; From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise : They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer ...
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