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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First ... - Page 62
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1780
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 42

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...A youth of labour" with an age of cafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches,...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But...
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The Deserted Village: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...to life's decline, Retreats from care that never muft be mine, How bleft is he who crowns in fhades like thefe, A youth of labour with an age of eafe...Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fty; THE DESERTED VILLAGE. For him no wretches, born to work and...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...friend to life's decline* Retreats from care that never muft be mine, How happy he who crowns in fhades like thefe» A youth of labour with an age of eafe;...Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him j»o wretches, born to work and weep ; Explore the...
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...A youth of labour with an age of cafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches,...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...to life's decline, Retreuts from care, that never muft be mine, How bleft is he who crowns in fhades like thefe, A youth of labour with an age of eafe...Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the...
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Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse

American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...lofe its name, it ferves only as a foil to virtue. RETIREMENT. HOW happy he who crowns, in ftiades like thefe, A youth of labour, with an age of eafe ; Who quits a world where flrong temptations try, And fmce 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 8

Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...life's decline, Retreats from care that never mull be mine ; . How bleft is he who crowns, in fhades like thefe, A youth of labour with an age of eafe...Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And fince 'tis hard to combat learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, • Explore the...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...A youth of labour with an age of cafe ! Who quits a world where Itrong temptations try, And, lince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born ro work and weep. Explore the mine, or tempt ihe dang'rous deep ; Ko furly porter (lands in guilty...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...life's decline, Retreats from care that never muft be mine ; How bleft is he who crowns, in fhades like thefe, A youth of labour with an age of eafe ; Who Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And fince 'tis hard to combat learns to fly. For him...
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Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this ...

1792 - 112 pages
...life's decline, Retreats from care, that never muft be mine, How bleft is he who crowns , in shades like thefe , A youth of labour with an age of eafe;...And, fmce 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For For him no wretches , born to work and weep , Explore the mine, or tempt the clangorous deep; No furly...
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