Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that... The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 584by Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 695 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...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 toiling...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth : His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...all ihe world around ; Yet count our gains : this wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product and Love of Mail. For him alone, Hope leads from goal...unconfin'd, It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind. iimhs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary... | |
| 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 toiling...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robu'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighboring fields of half their growth ; His seat where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains—this wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products...and hounds. The robe that wraps his limbs in silken cloth Has robbed the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a namo That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...uuconfined. 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 toiling...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a'happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
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