 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...of thought; And the weak soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all. pleasure x>n another's breast.. Hence Ostentation here* with tawdry art, Pants for...defrauds her daily cheer; To boast one splendid banquet once.a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws,. Nor weighs the solid wealth of self... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...grimace, And trims her robes of frize with copper lace ; Here beggar pride defrauds her daily chear, To boast one splendid banquet once a year; The mind...self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom' d in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...strength of thought. And the weak soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with tawdry art, Pants for...vanity assumes her pert grimace, And trims her robes of frize with copper lace : Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with taw.dry art, Pants for the vulgar praise which feols impart. Here vanity assumes her pert grimace, And...shifting fashion draws, !Nor weighs the solid worth of self applause. And, sedulous to stop the coining tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...strength of thought: And the weak soul, within itself uublest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. Hence Ostentation here, with tawdry art, Pants for...grimace, And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace 5 Here beggar Pride defrauds her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet once a year ; The mind... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pages
...of thought ; And the weak soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with tawdry art, Pants for...shifting fashion draws, Nor weighs the solid worth of self applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, EmbosoHi'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pages
...strength of thought; And the weak soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with tawdry art, Pants for...grimace, And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace; Mere beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet once a year: The mind still... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pages
...of thought; And the weak soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all. pleasure on another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with tawdry art, Pants for...self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with tawdry ait, Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart; Here...her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet once a-year,': The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws, Nor weighs the solid worth of self-applause.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...strength of thought. And the weak soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with tawdry art, Pants for...shifting fashion draws, Nor weighs the solid worth of self applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks... | |
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But, while this softer art their bliss supplies, It gives their follies also room to rise; For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul, within, itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on... 
