...Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he...; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, 5 And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...

...Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he...; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, 5 And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...

...in the 81st year of his age." Below are the well-known lines in Goldsmith's Deserted Village: — " How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour, with an age of ease ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way." In Mr. Maude's...

...bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How bless'd is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world wh^re strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born...

...Here to return — and die at home at last. O bleat retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he...strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, leams to fly ? For him no wretches, bom to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous...

...from care, that never must be mine ! How happy he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong...— And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. 102 For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No...

...return, and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that never must be mine ! How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 't is hard to...

...Here to returnv — and die at home at last'. O blest retirement', friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine', How blest is he who crowns in shades like these' 60 A youth of labor', with an age of ease ! Who quits a world where strong temptations try', And',...

...bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How happy he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease." GOLDSMITH. AN elderly man once expressed to me his sense of declining life, by saying, " My birth-days...

...first she flew I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. How blest is he, who crowns, in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of case ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis , d to...