 And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits him there? To see profusion that he must not share; To see ten thousand baneful arts combined To pamper luxury and thin mankind: To see each joy the sons of pleasure know...  Kottabos: College Miscellany - Page 81869Full view - About this book
 | Plantagenet - 1835 - 950 pages
...conversation; for, look here, we are getting among scenery that is to me peculiarly interesting." CHAPTER VI. Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside. To 'scape...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray 'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...arm to save, The country blooms — a garden, and a grave. } * Where then, ah ! where shall.poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? To see profusion... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...pride ? WHERE then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, If to some common's fenceless limits strayed, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn cotnmon is denied. To see profusion that he must not share ; If to the city sped—what... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...band ; 15 And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave. Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? l6To see profusion... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1839 - 452 pages
...cottagers for the maintenance of a few lean cattle. Let me once more quote my favourite Goldsmith : — " Where, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, " To...fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, " And e'en the bare-worn common is denied." MRS. B. instead of feeding a few lean cattle, a common, by being... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden, and a grave. Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare- worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? To see profusion... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 376 pages
...band ; 15 And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave. Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? l6To see profusion... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1839 - 458 pages
...cottagers for the maintenance of a few lean cattle. Let me once more quote my favourite Goldsmith : — " Where, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, " To...contiguous pride ? " If to some common's fenceless limits stray 'd, " He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, " Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave ! Where, then, ah ! where shall Poverty reside, To 'scape...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? To see profusion... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1840 - 332 pages
...humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave. Where, then, ah ! where shall Poverty reside, To 'scape...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there f To see profusion... | |
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