 Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...  A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse - Page 243edited by - 1925 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Pierce Egan - 1819 - 398 pages
...the Beau Monde, would not only prove too much of the Gothic, but romantic in the extreme : — A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich,...he ran his godly race, Nor. e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 pages
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...'where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man Tie was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor ere had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his plare ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, . , .. jjy... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...loud Eternity's triumphant song ! GOLDSMITH. THE VILLAGE PREACHER. — Deserted Village. NEARyonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where...a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Pv7or e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smilM, And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chapg'd, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, [place; By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...harmless tram, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village-preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd,nor wish'd to change his place; Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...never will thy lay." Never, never, can that lay perish, which contains such lines as the following. " Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place : Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...CLERGYMAN. .N EAR yonder copse, where once the garden smil'ii, And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
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