 | Joseph Hall Wright - 1845 - 192 pagina’s
...see—Goldsmith's, I think :— " And what is friendship but a name— A charm that lulls to Bleep ? A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep !" What of them, Charles ? Char. Oh, nothing particular—nothing : but in the friendship of Mr. L.... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 292 pagina’s
...is impossible for him, at once, to distinguish the basilisk from the dove. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." If a man is rich, a large class court his favor, in hopes of deriving... | |
 | 1847 - 454 pagina’s
...glowed in the heart of Jonathan. The poet forgot this friend of David's when ho said, " Friendship is but a name — A charm that lulls to sleep— A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep;" for in his character, at least, we find a friendship that no time or... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - 1847 - 314 pagina’s
...understand what true friendship is, and you say, like Edwin, when he was vexed, ' And what is friendship but a name ? — A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep.' " "Fanny just knows Edwin and Angelina," said Mary Anne, "... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 558 pagina’s
...above; and, not to multiply instances, note st. 19 of Goldsmith's Hermit : — 'And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?' Zenobia. 3437. Cenobia. The story of Zenobia is told by Trebellius... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 560 pagina’s
...above; and, not to multiply instances, note st. 1 9 of Goldsmith's Hermit: — 'And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? ' Zenobia. 3437. CenoUa. The story of Zenobia is told by Trebellius... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1895 - 236 pagina’s
...And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. I : " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1895 - 280 pagina’s
...decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame But leaves the wretch to weep ? I " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pagina’s
...exhaust the flame : It still is giving, and still burns the same. GAY: Dione. And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ! A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep! GOLDSMITH: Hermit. At this one stroke the man look'd dead in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1896 - 270 pagina’s
...decay ; And those who prize the paltry things. More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's... | |
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And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? 
