 A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; for him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches,...  The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner - Page 701820Full view - About this book
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...once destroy 'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light Labour...health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain ; Along the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour...health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter* d ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain : Along the... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,...Health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain: Along the... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light Labour spread her wholesome...store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ; GOLDSMITH. His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 pages
...destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs be<rn.Ti. When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light Labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave whatjife_re.quirfid, but gave no moreT~ eo His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man : For him lignt labour spread her wholesome store. Just gave what life required, but gave no more : > v/*His best companions, innocence and health, 6And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times... | |
 | Political science - 1981 - 248 pages
...on production is a source of corruption: A time there was, ere England's grief began, When every rod of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more; His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - History - 1982 - 344 pages
...backward: A time there was, ere England's griefs began When every rod of ground maintained its man; Just gave what life required, but gave no more: His...and health And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land and dispossess the swain.63 The same... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...never be supplied, A time there was, ere England's griefs began. When every rood of ground maintained its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome...store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more: 60 His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are... | |
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