 Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.  The Quarterly review - Page 4631835Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. 't Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore... | |
 | England - 1828 - 956 pages
...contemplate their effects on that important part of the community, the labouring class, without perceiving " How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land : " and without wishing that the other course had been pursued, even though we had been somewhat less... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...truth—ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore. And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore; Hoards... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'T is yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards... | |
 | Jews - 1821 - 284 pages
...truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay — 'Tis your's to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. He then describes that deceitful commerce, which, with its concomitants, luxury and poverty, has now... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1824 - 534 pages
...truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joy increase, the poor's decay ; 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land : — Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "I is yours to judge, how wide the limits stand between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...truth, ye statesmen who survey The rieh man's joys inerease, the poor's deeay, 'Tis yo'urs to judge, e thou of roe smooth pillows, sweetest bed ; A ehamber, deaf t Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore; Hoards,... | |
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