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" Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep... "
The Poetical Works, Complete, of Oliver Goldsmith ... with Some Account of ... - Page 42
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 149 pages
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The Deserted Village: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his profpecls brightening to the...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 42

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently Hopes the way ; And all his profpefts brightening to the...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...dangerous deep, j No ftfrly portt-r ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate, Bat on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay* While resignation gently flopes the way ; And all his...
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to...latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...tempt the dangerous deep j No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his profpedts brightning to the laft, His heaven commences....
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; No furly porter flands in guilty flate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to...friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently dopes the way ; And all his profpefts bright'ning to the laft, His Heav'n commences...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...' ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate' ; But on he motes to meet his latter end, Angela around befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his profpefts bright'ning to the laft, His Heav'n commences...
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Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse

American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands., in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to...latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way, And all his profpefts,...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; No" furly porter Hands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to...friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently Hopes the way ; And, all his profpecls bright'ning to the laft, His heaven commences...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 8

Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Ģinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ;_ And all his...
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