Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy... Poetical Works - Seite 28von Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms— But all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,...; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, chok'd with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sou u ding... | |
| 1809 - 402 Seiten
...round thy bow'rs their cheerful influence | shed, These were thy charms — but all these cbarms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms will*drawn, Amidst thy how'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation suddens all thy green : One... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...thy bow'rs their cheerful influence shed, [are fled. These were thy charms — but all these charms mberless escapes In ruin end . and now their proud succf« But plants alljthy charms withdrawn, Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 Seiten
...ronnd thy bowers their cheerfnl inflnence shed , These were thy charms— Bnt all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn...thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, Andhalfa tillage stints thy smiling plain; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, Bnt, choak'd... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 Seiten
...round thy bow'rs their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms — but all these charms are Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 Seiten
...Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : « IJH i , nly master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy bruok reflects the day, But chok'd with sedges works its weary way ; Along thy glades, a solitary guest,... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 Seiten
...hill,. The hawthorn bush with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made. Sweet smiling village loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn - f Amidst thy bow'rs, the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master... | |
| George Barrington - 1810 - 512 Seiten
...or other ; and the stone walls which were their principal fences, are broken down and in ruins : " Amidst thy bowers, the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all the green." Some of the officers having obtained leave from the agent of transports- to visit the town... | |
| 1811 - 572 Seiten
...Lusitanian villages, and with much greater justice than of those for which the complaint was written, " Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvary'd cries; And trembling,... | |
| Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 402 Seiten
...enemy, and gain glory to their country, an opulent tacksman, with a solitary herd, occupy the lands. One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints the smiling plain.* WHILE reflecting on these circumstances, we arrived at Fbrt William, which is situated... | |
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