 | 1800 - 322 pages
...pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale,...connubial tenderness are there; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid,.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, • I see the rural virtues leave the land. , Down where...connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. / And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down, where...sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...begun, And half the business of destruction clone ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where...connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where...connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where...connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thoU, sweet poetry! thou loveliest maid, Still... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...bnsiness of destrnction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rnral Virtnes leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads...strand. Contented toil, and hospitable Care, And kind connnbial Tenderness, are there; And Piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady Loyalty, and faithfnl... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale,...connubial tenderness are there ; And piety, with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand> I see the rural virtues leave the land. v" Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail '...connubial tenderness are there . And piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. , And thou, sweet poetry, thou loveliest maid,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pondering here 1 stand, 1 tee the rural virtues leave the land : Down where yon...connubial Tenderness, are there ; And Piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still... | |
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Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore and darken all... 
