The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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Page 66
... live contented . But did they , in effect , do so ? Have patience , friend , and thou shalt know . The honest farmer , and his wife , Two years declin❜d from prime of life , Had ftruggled with the marriage noose , As almost ev'ry ...
... live contented . But did they , in effect , do so ? Have patience , friend , and thou shalt know . The honest farmer , and his wife , Two years declin❜d from prime of life , Had ftruggled with the marriage noose , As almost ev'ry ...
Page 99
... live ! they greatly live a life on earth Unkindled , unconceiv'd ; and from an eye Of tenderness , let heav'nly pity fall On me , more justly number'd with the dead . This is the defert , this the folitude : How populous ! how vital is ...
... live ! they greatly live a life on earth Unkindled , unconceiv'd ; and from an eye Of tenderness , let heav'nly pity fall On me , more justly number'd with the dead . This is the defert , this the folitude : How populous ! how vital is ...
Page 116
... live . Time wafted is exiftence ; us'd , is life . And bare existence , man , to live ordain'd , Wrings , and oppreffes with enormous weight . And why ? fince Time was giv'n for use , not waste , Injoin'd to fly , with tempeft , tide ...
... live . Time wafted is exiftence ; us'd , is life . And bare existence , man , to live ordain'd , Wrings , and oppreffes with enormous weight . And why ? fince Time was giv'n for use , not waste , Injoin'd to fly , with tempeft , tide ...
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