 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. / 111 fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has madp : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. 711 feres the land, to hast'ning ills d prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall : And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...men decay. Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can muke them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...cries. Sunk ore thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the raould'ring wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fores the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Frinees and Lords... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the king grass o'ertops the moiild'rinp; wall ; A nd as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old. Be not feres the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and Lords... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land ! Ill fares the land, to haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and meu decay : Princes and lords may flouriih, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Tar, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the...men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: I'M) a bold peasantry, their country's pride. When... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...cries; Snnk are thy bowers in shapeless rnin all, And the long grass o'ertops the monld 'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accnmnlates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flonrish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as... | |
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can... 
