 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...wound in the conflict ; the only method to come off victorious is by running away.' The Bee, p. 56. And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; Nor surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; <...resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects bright'ning to the last, His heav'n commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way And all his prospects brightening to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate : But...last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, A ngels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet hia latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay,... | |
 | 1841 - 846 pages
...Village: — " How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour, with an age of ease ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way." In Mr. Maude's Wensleydale, under Leyburn, are the following lines : — "Why need we want the shining... | |
 | Fredericus Theodorus Visser - 2002 - 688 pages
...Ye intend to ... take your leave of Patrick or he gang (OED). | 1770 Goldsmith, Deserted Vill. 112, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. | 1785 Burns, Hey, The Dusty Miller 3, He will win a shilling Or he spend a groat. ) 1785 Idem, The... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pages
...tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state To spurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past I'1 But this passage, though it is fine, is fanciful. Does he who retires into the country to crown... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...weep, Explore the mine or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state To spum imploring famine from the gate; But on he moves to...latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way; 110 And, all his... | |
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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... 
