| 1865 - 342 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, Henry William Dulcken - 1865 - 410 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,... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 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, sapped their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Forster Blanchard - 1867 - 200 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,... | |
| Margaret T. Downing - 1867 - 394 lehte
...as in the following extract: Kingdonis by th.ee 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, unwieldly woe, Till sapped their strength and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1868 - 276 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 - 1869 - 1502 lehte
...insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown. Boast s, Embosom 'd in the deep where Holland lies. M mass of rank unwieldy woe j Till sapped their strength, and every part unsound. Down, down tljey sink,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 404 lehte
...Insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures onlv 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 Л bloated mass, of rank unwieldy wo« ; Till snpp'd their strength, and every pert unsound. Down,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1870 - 456 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 wo — Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
| English poems - 1870 - 722 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,... | |
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