 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...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 power, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...his powers of nrjting, jie adorned ev-ery subject which he touched.] N6ar yonder copse, where 6nce the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower...The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man Tie was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...loud Eternity's triumphant song ! GOLDSMITH. THE VILLAGE PREACHER. — Deserted Village. NEARyonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where...a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Pv7or e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...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 smil'd, And still...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd,nor wish'd to- change his place... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smilM, And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chapg'd, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. JSear yonder copse, where oace the garden smiled; And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There,...country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Bf'mote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, [place; By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...harmless tram, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...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 smil'd, And still...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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...will thy lay." Never, never, can that lay perish, which contains such lines as the following. " Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still...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 power, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
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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... 
