 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 lehte
...insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own : At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 lehte
...insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 lehte
...thi'ir pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a 111 ч il s, And all around distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his wo mass of rank unwieldy woe; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 lehte
...insidious joy, Diffuse thy pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown. Boast of a florid vigour not their own : At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 lehte
...insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own : At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 lehte
...joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast nf a florid vigour not their own ; At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 lehte
...joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid vigour not their own : At every draught more large and large they grow , A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength , and every part unsound , Down , down they... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 lehte
...insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own ; At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 lehte
...their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigor not their own ; At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank, unwieldy woe — Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they... | |
 | 1845 - 614 lehte
...their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigor he land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads thf sail That idly waitin mass of rank unwieldy wo ; Till, sapped their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
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O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms, by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid... 
