 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 Seiten
...to show thee here 40 Could nature's bounty satisfy the breast, The sons of Italy were surely blest. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. Goldsmith. Traveller. 41 Omai. With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence, and squander... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 Seiten
...to show thee here 40 Could nature's bounty satisfy the breast, The sons of Italy were surely blest. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. Goldsmith. Traveller. With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence, and squander life.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 Seiten
...sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's...here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; TJiough poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue... | |
 | 1837 - 646 Seiten
...Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine." The delicacy and elegance of the Italian landscape, where " Sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land." The well-known and most touching description of a peasant's love of his country : " And as a child,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 Seiten
...sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's...his manners reign : Though poor, luxurious; though submissive,vain; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 Seiten
...sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's...bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. fin florid beauty groves and fields appear, \Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 Seiten
...sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die; These here disporting own idity, he resolved to take leave, not only of his...country ; and in this resolution, in the year 1736, Ami sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 Seiten
...the Rule. EXERCISES. Masterly excellence . . is the fruit of genius . . combined with great industry. But small the bliss . . that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss . . is all that nation knows. Whilst some affect the sun, and some, the shade, Some . . flee the city, some, the... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 Seiten
...sweets salute the northern sky, With vernal lives, that blossom but to die, These, here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's...expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land." But this luxuriance of climate and of vegetation, is the sole advantage of boasted Italy. The dignity of... | |
 | 1841 - 226 Seiten
...that blossom but to die : These here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from their planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid...knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man M:CIIH the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults thro' all his manners reign ; Though poor,... | |
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That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the... 
