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" 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 20
by Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813
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The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, Volume 2

Sir James Prior - Authors, Irish - 1837 - 606 pages
...lines toward the end of it, addressed to Poetry — ' Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry "d, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my hliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first and keep'st me so, Thou guide, by which the nobler...
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The Sportsman

508 pages
...pity you. I can say no more. In that short sentence the bitter venom of satire lies concealed— ' And thou sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...charming nymph ! neglected and decried ! My shame in crowds—my solitary pride— Thou source of all my bliss !—— " Well, I wish you would no—о—t...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 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...pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thatfound'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou...
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Poems and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still...pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 15

John William Carleton - 1846 - 508 pages
...can say no more. In that short sentence the bitter venom of satire lies concealed — • And thon sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to...— my solitary pride— Thou source of all my bliss ! " " Well, I wish you would no — o — t (yawn) bore me with that - — o — rt (yawn) of bliss...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...connubial tenderness are there; And piety with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in those degenerate timed of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph,...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 16

John William Carleton - 1846 - 746 pages
...considered in lieu of the improvement of the mind. Ballet is made to supersede the tragic muse : — " And thou sweet, Poetry ! thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade." It is true that in this vast metropolis we have one house remaining, where the modicum of talent still...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid. Still first to Hy where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degenerate...of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest tarne ¡ Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...Tenderness are there ; And Piety, with wishes placed 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...
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry! thou loveliest maid, Still...pride : Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou...
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