 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...  The gift book of English poetry - Page 229de English poetry - 1848Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1832 - 572 pages
...upon his fields, he drove him also from the waste. " 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 common is denied." Now, Sir, it was from the first so obvious, notwithstanding all... | |
 | 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
...preside, Propitious power ! my patron and my pride. THE MISERIES OF THE POOR AND THE LUXURY OF THE RICH. WHERE then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To "scape...contiguous pride ? 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...mournful peasant leads his humble band ; 15 And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave. Where then, ah !...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden, and a grave. Where then, ah !...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... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1839 - 452 pages
...Let me once more quote my favourite Goldsmith : — ' Where, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, 1 To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? ' If...fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, ' And e'en the bare-worn common is denied." MRS. B. You should recollect that we do not admit poets to be... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave. Where then, ah !...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 ? To see profusion... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave ! Where, then, ah...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... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...scanty blade, 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...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, Extorted from... | |
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