 And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary...  The Sylvan Wanderer;: Consisting of a Series of Moral, Sentimental, and ... - Page 20by Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...connubial tenderness are there; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid,. Still...first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety, with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. / And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strive for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love : And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...for honest fame : Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade ! Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...connubial tenderness are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still firbt to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry 'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That roundest... | |
 | James Grant Raymond - 1806 - 364 pages
...thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly when sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degen'rate days of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame : Dear charming nymph ! dejected and decried ; My shame in crowds, ray solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 236 pages
...declaration of what was his notion concerning a poet's duty, and the influence of his art on mankind: " And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid. Still...to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame. To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame: Dear, charming nymph! neglected... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...catch the heart, or strike for honest fame :. Dear, charming nymph! neglected and decry'd, . . '.» My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss and all my wo«,. That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel,... | |
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