 Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...  Songs of Three Centuries - Stran 62uredili: - 1890 - 383 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Worcester - 1849 - 298 strani
...reverend, champion, and faltering in no. 6 ; even in no. 7 ; serious in no. 8. THE VILLAGE PREACHER. 1. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. Z. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 strani
...train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, 40 And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 strani
...forc'd in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep...dear ; And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change, his place ; Unpractised... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 strani
...; Like her, be humble, free from ill, And you shall see her face in Heaven !" THE VILLAGE PREACHER. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 strani
...mind: These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns, he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unskillful... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 strani
...till morn — She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain ! Fear yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still...dear ; And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change, his place ; Unpractised... | |
 | 1851 - 724 strani
...beautiful and admired poem : — " Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And etill wheru many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few...country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wished to change his place; Unskilful... | |
 | Edward Albert - 1923 - 648 strani
...joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. JOHNSON, The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1749 (2) Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 890 strani
...Deserted Village Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed nor wished to change, his place; Unpractis'd... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 strani
...forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot Harry Morgan Ayres( ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to his place ; Unpractised... | |
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