 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 pages
...anxious day to husband near the close, And keep life's name from wasting by repose." — First edit] And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.'>' Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 564 pages
...dedication of the poem to him, dedicated the print from it to Goldsmith, with this inscription — " Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way ; A nd all his prospects brightening to the last, " '• heaven commences ere the world be past." "... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects brightening to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...wound in the conflict ; the only method to come off victorious is by running away.' The Bee, p. 56. And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
...dang'rous deep; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate : ow, but for his unaccountable bashfulness, is pretty well too. He has good sense, Sink« to the grave with unperccived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; Ami, all his... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...dang'rous deep ; Nor surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; < But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects bright'ning to the last, His heav'n commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way And all his prospects brightening to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, A ngels `23 YT d:jD 7 ] "- yx ם F| I# h ~>G ...i C ̎ XHy X 9D i l "` S D{@ ; x b σ ʋ ; I And, all his prospects brightening to the last, Hie heaven commences ere the world be past. Swwt... | |
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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... 
