...love." The poet's last lines are a prayer : " Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him that states of native strength possest, Though very poor may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away ; While self...

...Aid slighted Truth, with thy persuasive strain Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest. Here, Goldsmith ended, if we may rely on Boswell's attribution to Johnson of the last four lines. They...

...of ground maintained its man;" which is as glaring a falsehood as ever was put upon paper ; but t " that states, of native strength possest, Though very...people ! The principal drift of the poem is to prove that the accumulation of wealth is injurious to the increase af mankind. One, so ignorant of the causes...

...ROGK. " We sat by the fisher' 's cottage A nd looked at the stormy tide DESCRIPTIVE POEMS. Teach him, m, That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. King Lear ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labored mole away ; While self-dependent...