 And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling long-frequented village fall? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd...  The Life of Benjamin Franklin - Page 367by Benjamin Franklin - 1875Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 202 pages
...depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling...long-frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...village fall t Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main ; Where wild Osuego spreads her swamps around, And vast Niagara stuns with thund'ring sound ! Ev'n now, perhaps,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 396 pages
...fall ? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay 'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main ; J&t Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, And vast Niagara stuns with thund'ring sound ? Ev'n... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling...long-frequented village fall? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd. The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...Depopulation in her train, And over fields, where scatter'd hamlets rose. In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at Pleasure's lordly call, The smiling...long-frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To... | |
 | 1857 - 628 pages
...Depopulation in her train ; And over fields where scattered h&uilets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose. Forced from their homes a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main.' There is no doubt that from about a century before Goldsmith's time there had been a considerable shifting... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling...long-frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Foru'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To... | |
 | J. C. - 1806 - 156 pages
...depopulation in her train ; And over fields, where scattered hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen, at pleasure's lordly call. The smiling...long-frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd. The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train. To... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling...long-frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose ? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling...long-frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decayM, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse... | |
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