 And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill; Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children...  Oliver Goldsmith: A Memoir - Page 119by Austin Dobson - 1899 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would the village praise my wonderous pow'r, And dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour. Alike...lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 396 pages
...Yet would the village praise my wonderous pow'r, And dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour. i^T» Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their...lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | 1793 - 204 pages
...and charm the way, These far disper'd, on timorous pinions fly, To sport and flutter in a kinder sky. To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn...lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...inock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would the village praise my wond'rous pow'r. And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all...grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath tlie burden of threescore. ; So blest a life these thoughtless realms display; Thus idly busy rolls... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...margin grew, And freshen'd from the wave the zephyr flew : i And haply, though my harsh touch fault'ring still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's...grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burdeii of three-score. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...grew, And, freshen'd from the wave, the zephyr flew ; And haply, though my harsh touch, faultering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's...the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestick lore, Has frisk'd, beneath the burden of threescore. So bless'da life these thoughtless realms... | |
 | Henry Redhead Yorke - France - 1804 - 390 pages
...please ; Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze j : And the gay grand-sire, skill'd in gestic lore., Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore." GOLDSMITH'S TRAVELLER, z 2 LETTER LETTER XXIV. The Pantheon and its Library.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children thro' the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd...lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...forgetful of the noon-tide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children thro* the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would the village praise my wonderous power, And dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour....lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away ; Theirs are... | |
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