 | 1814 - 310 pagini
...weep 'till morn ; She only left, of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; llcmote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
 | George Vaughan Sampson - 1814 - 418 pagini
...defence consisted of a moat; tlic terrace, orchards, and pleasure grounds may yet be traced : " In yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, " And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild." Respecting the last noted personages of this family, there is a curious anecdote.... | |
 | James M'Donald - 1815 - 170 pagini
...of being to have been. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden srail'd,And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few thorn shrubs the place disclose,. The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was, to all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pagini
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change bis place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fash... | |
 | John Carey - 1816 - 300 pagini
...» Their splendid domes and busy streets declare Their firmest fort, a king's parental care. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich * with forty pounds a year. Iambic verses of eight syllables — in other respects, pure latnbics--^- but containing examples of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pagini
...The fad hiftorian of the penfive plain ! Near yonder copfe, where once the garden fmil'd, And ftill where many a garden flower grows wild, There where a few torn fhrubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pagini
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smilM, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from 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 pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pagini
...There, where a few torn shrnbs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A roaa he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, Ms place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pagini
...thee. My own tormentor let me be, And groan in hopeless woe THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. BY GOLDSMITH. NEAH 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... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pagini
...intelligent agreeable companion in the Curate, who, as Dr. Goldsmith observes on a like occasion, •' Is to all the country dear. And passing- rich, with forty pounds a year.* The first curiosity we were conducted to was Hurtlepot, about 80 yards above the chapel. It is a round... | |
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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... 
