PoemsW. A. Bartow, 1821 - 216 páginas |
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... kind- ness of his friend Dr. Sleigh , who received him into his family , and undertook to support him , until some means could be devised for his maintenance . In a short time he accepted the employment of usher to a boarding- school ...
... kind- ness of his friend Dr. Sleigh , who received him into his family , and undertook to support him , until some means could be devised for his maintenance . In a short time he accepted the employment of usher to a boarding- school ...
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... kind of habitual despon- dency , wherein he used to express a great indifference to life . In this state he was attacked , March , 1774 , by a nervous fever , which , being improperly treated , ter . minated in his dissolution the 4th ...
... kind of habitual despon- dency , wherein he used to express a great indifference to life . In this state he was attacked , March , 1774 , by a nervous fever , which , being improperly treated , ter . minated in his dissolution the 4th ...
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... kind alike to all , Still grants her bliss at labour's earnest call ; With food as well the peasant is supplied On Idra's cliffs as Arno's shelvy side ; And though the rocky - crested summit's frown , These THE TRAVELLER . 27.
... kind alike to all , Still grants her bliss at labour's earnest call ; With food as well the peasant is supplied On Idra's cliffs as Arno's shelvy side ; And though the rocky - crested summit's frown , These THE TRAVELLER . 27.
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... kind pass by ; Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashioned fresh from nature's hand ; Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagined right , above control , While e'en the peasant boasts these rights ...
... kind pass by ; Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashioned fresh from nature's hand ; Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagined right , above control , While e'en the peasant boasts these rights ...
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... kind , either to add to your reputation , or to establish my own . You can gain nothing from my admiration , as I am ig- norant of that art in which you are said to excel ; and [ may lose much by the severity of your judgment , as few ...
... kind , either to add to your reputation , or to establish my own . You can gain nothing from my admiration , as I am ig- norant of that art in which you are said to excel ; and [ may lose much by the severity of your judgment , as few ...
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acquaintance Alcander amusement appearance beauty blessed bliss breast Bulkley charms creature cried Asem David Garrick dear distress dress e'en Eastcheap Edmund Burke Epilogue eyes Falstaff fancy fond fool fortune friendship genius gentleman give Goldsmith good-natured happiness heart heaven honour humour kingdom of Ireland kings knew lady learning lived lord luxury Lysippus mad dog manner master mind mirth Miss Catley nature neral never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once passion pasty perceived pity pleased pleasure poem poet poor praise pride replied repug round scarce seemed Septimius Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling society soon sorrow soul Stoops to Conquer story sure SWEET AUBURN tavern tell terror thee thing thou thought thousand guineas toil turn twas venison vice Vide page 68 village virtue wealth Whitefoord whole wisdom woman wretch youth
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Página 51 - A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Página 45 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm.
Página 46 - While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; 20 And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round; And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Página 53 - No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Página 49 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place...
Página 47 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches ignorance of wealth.
Página 46 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green; One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain...
Página 50 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. The long remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed...
Página 30 - No product here the barren hills afford But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid- rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
Página 66 - Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.