 | John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 oldal
...passion ;' to banish every unpleasant reflection from my memory; and diffuse tranquillity o'er my mind. ' But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...decoy, • The heart distrusting, asks if this be joy? GOLDSMITH. I felt seriously improved by my evening's ramble, and concluded it by repeating the following... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 oldal
...sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvicd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton...to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and... | |
 | 1800 - 322 oldal
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, UnenvyM, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 oldal
...their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconftn'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 oldal
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolick o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, can this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 oldal
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, UnenvyM, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, JTis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid... | |
 | 1806 - 330 oldal
...their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 oldal
...first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the Ion; pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere trifters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even while fashion's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 oldal
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconfin'd, But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere trifles half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, ev'n, while fashion's... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 oldal
...bliss go round ; Nor the coy maid, half willing to be prest, Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere t filters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even while fashion's... | |
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These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant... 
