 | John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 דפים
...mind. ' But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the -freaks of wanton wealth array'd ; In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...arts decoy, • The heart distrusting, asks if this be joy? GOLDSMITH. I felt seriously improved by my evening's ramble, and concluded it by repeating... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 דפים
...unconfin'd. But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 דפים
...unconftn'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 דפים
...unconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...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 דפים
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 דפים
...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 arms decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 דפים
...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 - 1812 - 470 דפים
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys encrease, the poor's decay,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 דפים
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The...brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting, asks if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 דפים
...; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than ail the gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts and...frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfin'd : But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd,... | |
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Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain 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... 
