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,... Poetical Works - Stran 36avtor: Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1845 - 614 strani
...: For him light Labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ; His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. Bat times are altered : trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain ; Along the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 strani
...5 For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ; His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are altered ;— where the hamlet rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to luxury... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 strani
...; 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...swain ; Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldly wealth and cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 452 strani
...the cottage from the green." On the subject of those misnamed improvements, by the way, in which " Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose," the possessors themselves of those places have not been always destitute of compunctions similar to... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 strani
...the cottage from the green." On the subject of those misnamed improvements, by the way, in which " Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose," the possessors themselves of those places have not been always destitute of compunctions similar to... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 strani
...Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain ; Along the lawn, where scattered hamlets rose, Unwieldly wealth and cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to...luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride. 15 Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom, Those calm desires that asked but litlle room, Those... | |
| 1849 - 240 strani
...her wholesome store. Just gave what life requires, but gave no more. But times are alter'd, trades unfeeling train Usurp the land and dispossess the...swain. Along the lawn where scatter'd hamlets rose. Unwieldly wealth and cumbrous pomp repose. And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 strani
...5 For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ; His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train 10 Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain ; Along the lawn, where... | |
| 1849 - 492 strani
...there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; But now, alas ! Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose.' There ! does not that show that I am right?" " The lines you have just quoted," Caleb Ford replied,... | |
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 strani
...; 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, ignorance of wealth. Hut times are altered ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain ; Along: the... | |
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