 Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale; No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 46by Oliver Goldsmith - 1809Full view - About this book
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 734 pages
...tottering mansion from its full ! Obscure it sinks ; nor shall it more impart An hoiti-'i importaiux to the poor man's heart. Thither no more the peasant...of his daily care ; No more the farmer's news, the harber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...its fall I Obscure it sinks ; nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's hau't. Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily eare ; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...its fall ! Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's heait. Thither no more the peasant shall repair, To sweet...more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear ; The host himself no longer shall be found, Careful to see the... | |
 | Henry Worsley - Alcoholism - 1849 - 300 pages
...in 1769, will sufficiently show how distinct was its character from that of the modern beer-shop. " No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more...more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear ; The host himself no longer shall be found Careful to see the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 466 pages
...splendors ! could not all 10 Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall ? Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's...peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; 15 No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad, shall prevail; No... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 pages
...that misfortunes may be sent in vain." — Vol. if. p. 144, edit. 1834.] Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's...more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear ; The host himself no longer shall be found Careful to see the... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...its fall ! Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's lieait. Thither no more the peasant shall repair, To sweet...more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear; The host himself no longer shall be found, Careful to see the... | |
 | England - 1850 - 806 pages
...its Ы1 ? Observe it sinks, nor shall it more impart A n hour's importance to Ли poor тaa's hearl. Thither no more the peasant shall repair, To sweet...more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smitli hia dusky brow shall clear, Iiel4.t his poxdermu strengtii, and lean to ¿ear." Bat why continue... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...shall it more impart An hour's imjKirlance lo the p;ior man's heart. Thither no more the peas in t shall repair, To sweet oblivion of his daily care...ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow sh.ill clear, Relax his ponderous strength and Ivan lo hear." But why continue the quotation, when... | |
 | Scotland - 1850 - 1000 pages
...mansion from its fall ? Observe it sinks, nor shall it more impart A n hour's importance to the ptMtr man's heart. Thither no more the peasant shall repair,...more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more tbe woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Rclu,r h'» ponderout... | |
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