 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 370 pages
...Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but'a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1904 - 328 pages
...the joys that fortune brings ' Are trifling, and decay ; 'And those, who prize the paltry things, 4 More trifling still than they. 'And what is friendship...' And love is still an emptier sound, ' The modern fair-one's jest ; ' On earth unseen, or only found ' To warm the turtle's nest. ' For shame, fond youth,... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 636 pages
...joys that fortune brings, " Are trifling and decay ; " And those who prize the paltry things, XIX. "And what is friendship but a name, " A charm that...follows wealth or fame, " But leaves the wretch to weep ? XX. " And love is still an emptier sound, " The modern fair-one's jest : " On earth unseen, or only... | |
 | Mrs. Rowson - Betrayal - 1905 - 434 pages
...silence; but the anguish of her heart was too great to permit her to articulate a single word. CHAPTER XXX And what is friendship but. a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep. * WHEN Charlotte was left to herself, she began to think what... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1906 - 362 pages
...Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings, Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than...? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest : On earth unseen, or only found To warm the turtle's nest. " For shame, fond youth,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1906 - 362 pages
...unregarded love ? ' Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay ; 70 And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than...lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, 75 But leaves the wretch to weep ? ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1906 - 324 pages
...unregarded love ? " Alas 1 the joys that fortune brings 25 Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than...friendship, but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep : 30 A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1906 - 626 pages
...visits among distant neighbors necessary and pleasant. Friendship then was warm and true, not merely A name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that...follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep. Needs of mutual help bound old settlers in fraternal bonds of closest, tenderest ties. None knew when... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1906 - 568 pages
...visits among distant neighbors necessary and pleasant. Friendship then was warm and true, not merely A name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, Hut leaves the wretch to weep. Needs of mutual help bound old settlers in fraternal bonds of closest,... | |
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More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? 
