 Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind : Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows? In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain,...  The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life - Page 52by Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 240 lehteFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 lehte
...distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And bids his bosom sympathise with mine. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 lehte
...distressful yells arise, The pensive exile bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And bids his bosom sympathiae with mine. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 lehte
...distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And bids his bosom sympathise with mine. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 lehte
...distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And...centres in the mind. Why have I stray'd from pleasure anil repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? In cv'ry government, though terrours reign, Though... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 lehte
...distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And...bids his bosom sympathize with mine. Vain, very vain, mv weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind. Why have I stray'd from pleasure... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 lehte
...distressful yells arise, The pensive exile bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And...good each government bestows ? In every government, tho' terrors reign, Tho' tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small of all that human hearts... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 lehte
...and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And bids his bosom sympathise with mine. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find...In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 lehte
...and too faint to go, Cast a long look where England's glories shine. And bids his bosom sympathise with mine. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find...In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, H>ow small of all that human hearts endure, That part with laws... | |
 | 1814 - 310 lehte
...distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And...vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind : Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 lehte
...arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a fond look where England's glories shine, And bids his bosom sympathize with mine. ways; Vain, very vain my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind ; Why have... | |
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