 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 pagina’s
...had been present, the Poet has painted with fearful accuracy what his father's house was to be— " Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...disclose, The Village Preacher's modest mansion rose." And we contemplate the realization of the melancholy scene as we do the poem of the unfortunate Falconer,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 558 pagina’s
...had been present, the Poet has painted with fearful accuracy what his father's house was to be — " Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...disclose, The Village Preacher's modest mansion rose." And we contemplate the realization of the melancholy scene as we do the poem of the unfortunate Falconer,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 602 pagina’s
...had been present, the Poet has painted with fearful accuracy what his father's house was to be— ' Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled. And...disclose, The village Preacher's modest mansion rose.'" See LIFE, vol. ip 19. THE BEE. QThe BEE, a weekly paper, commenced October the 6th, and terminated... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 pagina’s
...had been present, the poet has painted with fearful accuracy what his fathei's house was to be— ' Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...disclose, The Village Preacher's modest mansion rose.' And we contemplate the realization of the melancholy scene as we do the poem of the unfortunate Falconer,... | |
 | Samuel Worcester - 1837 - 264 pagina’s
...reverend, champion, and faltering in no. 6 ; even in no. 7 ; serious in no. 8 THE VILLAGE PREACHER. I NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, ":.« village preacher's modest mansion rose. 2. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 pagina’s
...several of her descendants reside in the village.] Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ;...place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.(l) A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 pagina’s
...than a matter of finding things. There's wood to be cut. Come along.' HOWARD SPRING (1889—1965) 52. There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,...Remote from 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 fashioned... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 pagina’s
...miserly pay. Goldsmith's preacher bears a strong resemblance to Chaucer's Parson in The Canterbury Tales. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims... | |
 | Donald Worster - 1994 - 528 pagina’s
...investments. His simple life much resembled that of Oliver Goldsmith's pastor in "The Deserted Village": "Remote from towns, he ran his godly race, / Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place."2 White's fame came after his death at the age of seventythree, and it was based entirely on... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pagina’s
...readers will think the following extracts tedious. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There,...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. This is a fine natural stroke — We see the 'copse,' the 'torn shrubs,' and the ' scatter' d flowers.'... | |
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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... 
