 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 strani
...exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste, Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste; Seen opulence, her grandeur to maintain,...stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 strani
...? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste, Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ;Ao» Seen opulence, her grandeur to maintain, Lead stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 strani
...mind with double force. Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction...stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 strani
...mind with double force. Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction...Depopulation in her train, And over fields, where scatter'd hamlets rose. In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at Pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | 1857 - 628 strani
...Blackie tries to write of the Highlands now. Goldsmith had, quite as plainly as Professor Blackie — ' Seen opulence, her grandeur to maintain, Lead stern...Depopulation in her train ; And over fields where scattered h&uilets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose. Forced from their homes a melancholy train, To traverse... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 strani
...exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste, Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ; Seen opulence, her grandeur to maintain,...stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 strani
...mind with double force. Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction...stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 strani
...the mind with double force. Have we not seen round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction...stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 strani
...mind with double force. Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction...stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 strani
...mind with double force. Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction...stern Depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at pleasure's lordly call,... | |
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Seen Opulence, her grandeur to maintain, Lead stern Depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling... 
