 These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart. One native charm, than all the gloss of art; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 582by Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 695 pagesFull view - About this book
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...mind. ' But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the -freaks of wanton wealth array'd ; In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...decoy, • The heart distrusting, asks if this be joy? GOLDSMITH. I felt seriously improved by my evening's ramble, and concluded it by repeating the following... | |
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...unconfin'd. But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between... | |
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...unconftn'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between... | |
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...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, JTis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys encrease, the poor's decay, 'Tisyour's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, ?Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between... | |
 | 1816 - 612 pages
...unmolested. uncnnhVd: But the long pomp, the midnight masqueWith all the freaks of wanton wealth array 'd, Tn these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling...decoy, The heart distrusting, asks if this be joy." If thin is not the true eloquence of poetry, I would ask what is? — If this is not pathos — where... | |
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...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between... | |
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...gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-bom sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied,...heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? Ye friends to truth—ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "Tis yours to judge... | |
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