 Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.  The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith - Seite 56von Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 129 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 Seiten
...th' inclement clime ; Aid slighted Truth, with thy persuasive strain, Teach erring man io spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him that states, of native strength...blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift dei •cay* As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self dependent power can time defy. As rocks... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 Seiten
...th' inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, IN BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 Seiten
...of th' inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain, Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him that states, of native strength...defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT A BALLAD. « TURN, gentle hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where you taper cheers... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 Seiten
...th* inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, IN BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 Seiten
...marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village," which are only the last four : " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...sweeps the labour'd mole away : While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist, the billows and the sky." Talking of education, " People have... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 Seiten
...Teach him, that states of native strength possessed, Though very poor, may still be very blessed ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 Seiten
...gain; Teach him, that states of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very bless'd; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. a UallaD. FIRST PRINTED IN... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 Seiten
...Teach him, that states of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very bless'd ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self dependent power can time defy, And i-ocks resist the billows and the sky. Von widow'd, solitary... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 Seiten
...proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. S ttallaD. FIRST PRINTED IN THE YEAR, 1766. TO SIR, of UK 51. JUNE, 1767. As there is nothing... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 Seiten
...ing the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village," which are only the last four : " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, " As ocean sweeps the labour' d mole away : " While self-dependent power can time defy, " As rocks resist the billows and... | |
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