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" How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed;... "
Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ... - Page 133
edited by - 1830
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And...circled in the shade, -. The young contending as the old survey 'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and featsof strength went...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
...seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming ng with a golden head, and twenty such pieces of absurdity....chair the kings of England were crowned : you see aïs siirvey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And...circled in the shade. The young contending as the old survey'd ; D And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 13

1839 - 584 pages
...housewives, and sulky men-folk ! THE FIRST OP MAT IN SAVANNAH. ' How oil the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending, ai the old surveyed ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful baud...
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The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor

1840 - 516 pages
...beneath the shade, For talking age, and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And...shade, The young contending as the old surveyed." Milton describes this tree as the favourite resort of shepherds : " Every shepherd tells his tale,...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

1840 - 378 pages
...beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, ' id sleights of art and feats of strength...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And...While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contended as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and...
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Arundines Cami; sive, Musarum Cantabrigiensium lusus canori, collegit atque ...

Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And...; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding...
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art andfeats of strength wentround;...
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The third book of reading lessons, Volume 3

Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...seats beneath the shade, For talking age and weary pilgrims made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play ; And...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of ait and feats of strength went...
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