Letter In Prose And Verse To Mrs. Bunbury (Oliver Goldsmith Poems)
MADAM,I read your letter with all that allowance which critical candour couldrequire, but after all find so much to object ...
MADAM,I read your letter with all that allowance which critical candour couldrequire, but after all find so much to object ...
IT little profits that, an idle man,On this worn arch, in sight of wasted halls,I mope, a solitary pelican,And glower ...
It sorter skeer'd the neighbours round, For of all the 'tarnal set thet clutchesTheir dollars firm, he wus the boss; An' yet ...
This mourning Mother can with Ease exploreThe Arts of Latium, and the Grecian Store:Was early learn'd, nay more, was early ...
OUT on a world that has run to weed!The great tall corn is still strong in his seed;Plant her breast ...
How gracefully, O man, with thy palm-bough,Upon the waning century standest thou, In proud and noble manhood's prime,With unlocked senses, ...
GovenorsAN ardent spirit dwells with Christian love,The eagle's vigour in the pitying dove;'Tis not enough that we with sorrow sigh,That ...
A fable told by La Fontaine, Two centuries or more ago, Describes some rats who would arraign A cat, their ...
To town one day rode Solon Stiles,O'er weary roads and rocky miles,And thro' long lanes, whose dusty breath,Did nearly smother ...
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. Serious Reflections of Mr. B---n---r---d.--His Bill of Expences.-- The Distresses ...
IThe Tyrant passed, and friendlier was his eyeOn the great man of Athens, whom for foeHe knew, than on the ...
Long John McDougal, the wax-end and leather man, Solon of the main street, full of curious lore,Keen-eyed and frugal, politician, ...
Mr Mead, the printer -- so the townsfolk called him; But never in his presence since his reign began;Such a ...
Spring, summer, autumn, winter,Come duly, as of old;Winds blow, suns set, and morning saith,"Ye hills, put on your gold."The song ...
So long as 'neath the Kalka hills The tonga-horn shall ring, So long as down the Solon dip The hard-held ...
As I left the Halls at Lumley, rose the vision of a comely Maid last season worshipped dumbly, watched with ...
1 Let observation with extensive view, 2 Survey mankind, from China to Peru; 3 Remark each anxious toil, each eager ...
LEANDER. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings, Or Alexandria, where the Ptolomies. Taught golden commerce to unfurl her ...
See! Winter comes, to rule the varied Year, Sullen, and sad; with all his rising Train, Vapours, and Clouds, and ...
How gracefully, O man, with thy palm-bough, Upon the waning century standest thou, In proud and noble manhood's prime, With ...
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