| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 strani
...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness ot destruction done; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
| 1800 - 322 strani
...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done: Fv'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 strani
...draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 strani
...more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till, sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound* Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. " E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 strani
...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 strani
...draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe. Till sapp'd their strt-ngth, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and...half the business of destruction done ; Even now, mi-thinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I sec the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring... | |
| 1806 - 330 strani
...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done : Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 strani
...dranght more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe, Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and...business of destruction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 strani
...large and large they row, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe , Tillsipp'dtheir strength, and cv'ry e poets lyre. Still sing the God of Seasons as they roll. For me, when I bus'ness of destruction done ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I sec the rural virtues... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 strani
...more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldly woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound-, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round Ev'n now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction clone ; Ev'n now, methinks,... | |
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