| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mouldering wall, And And trembling, flirinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haftening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourifh, or... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...the long grafs o'ertops the mouldering wall j And And trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hands, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haftening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourim, or... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...in fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'er tops the mould'ring wall, And trembling, fluinking, from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. The paflage already examined, and this, have both the fame chara&er of verbofity. There is a repetition... | |
| English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...in fhapelefs rtin all, And the long graf« o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, trembling, fhrinkiug from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. ' . - . v. ..... Princes and lords may flcurifl', or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...long grals o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And trembling, flirinking from the (poiler's hand, Far, fiir gments lie ! . Let wreaths of triumph now my temples...twine,. The Viftor cried ; the glorious prize is mine ! pcalantry, their country's pride, When once deftroy'd, can never be fupplicd. A time there was, ere... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...all. And the long, grafs o'ertop^ the mould 'ring wall. And, trembling, fhrinkmg from the fpoilsr's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill...haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men dtcav : Princes and Lords may fiouriih, or may tadc; A breath can make them, as a breath has made... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...in shapelefs ruin all , And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall , And trembling, shrinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children...accumulates , and men decay : Princes and Lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peafantry, their country's... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...bowers in fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And trembling, fblinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children...accumulates, and men decay. .\ Princes and lords may flourifti, or may fade ; .; A breath can make thtrri, as a breath has made! But a bold peafantry, their... | |
| James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...long grafs o'er-tops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, flirinking from the fpoilet's hand, Par, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to haA'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourifh, or may... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...in fliapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, flu inking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children...accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may fiourifli, or may fade— A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peafantry, their... | |
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