The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Poems. Plays. The bee. Cock-lane ghostG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... Hermes , says Jove , who with nectar was mellow , Go fetch me some clay - I will make an odd fellow ! Right and wrong shall be jumbled , -much gold and some dross : Without cause be he pleas'd , without cause be he cross ; Be sure , as ...
... Hermes , says Jove , who with nectar was mellow , Go fetch me some clay - I will make an odd fellow ! Right and wrong shall be jumbled , -much gold and some dross : Without cause be he pleas'd , without cause be he cross ; Be sure , as ...
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... Hermes , whom in softer hours Fair Maia bore : youth wanton'd in their face ; Both in life's bloom , both shone with equal grace . 175 Hermes as yet had never wing'd his feet ; As yet Apollo in his radiant seat Had never driv'n his ...
... Hermes , whom in softer hours Fair Maia bore : youth wanton'd in their face ; Both in life's bloom , both shone with equal grace . 175 Hermes as yet had never wing'd his feet ; As yet Apollo in his radiant seat Had never driv'n his ...
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... Hermes long'd t ' attempt with secret aim Some noble act of more exalted fame . For this , he inoffensive pass'd along 230 Through ranks of Foot , and midst the trembling throng Sent his left Horse , that free without confine Roved o'er ...
... Hermes long'd t ' attempt with secret aim Some noble act of more exalted fame . For this , he inoffensive pass'd along 230 Through ranks of Foot , and midst the trembling throng Sent his left Horse , that free without confine Roved o'er ...
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... careless , loses both his steeds : For if some adverse warriors were o'erthrown , He little thought what dangers threat his own . 270 But slyer Hermes with observant eyes March'd slowly cautious , 124 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
... careless , loses both his steeds : For if some adverse warriors were o'erthrown , He little thought what dangers threat his own . 270 But slyer Hermes with observant eyes March'd slowly cautious , 124 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
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... Hermes , who , with strange surprise , Fretted and foam'd , and roll'd his ferret eyes , And but with great reluctance could refrain 305 From dashing at a blow all off the plain . Then he resolved to interweave deceits , - To carry on ...
... Hermes , who , with strange surprise , Fretted and foam'd , and roll'd his ferret eyes , And but with great reluctance could refrain 305 From dashing at a blow all off the plain . Then he resolved to interweave deceits , - To carry on ...
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Page 53 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend ' to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and...
Page 91 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page 38 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 38 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven, As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, • Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 36 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Page 40 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 16 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Page 44 - Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary 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, 415 Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Page 19 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.