 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pagina’s
...knave hath made, Is iudg'da partner in the trade. GAY— Old Woman and Her Cats. And what is friendship the old Earth was young, The high gods and the sages From Nature's or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep? GOLDSMITH — Edwin and Angelina, or The Hermü. St. 19. (See... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 pagina’s
...decay; And those who prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship hut a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern 1'nir one's... | |
 | 1875 - 478 pagina’s
...goes so far as to doubt the existence of that virtue between man and man : — And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ! A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the world to weep ! And even the amiable Cowper appears to have been tainted with... | |
 | Francis Wayland Shepardson - 1927 - 496 pagina’s
...misanthrope is ever ready to repeat the expression of Goldsmith's Hermit: "Ah ! 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." While the bright and glowing heart of youth is ready with... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - 1906 - 568 pagina’s
...visits among distant neighbors necessary and pleasant. Friendship then was warm and true, not merely A name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But. leaves the wretch to weep. Needs of mutual help bound old settlers in fraternal bonds... | |
 | Susanna Rowson - 1991 - 324 pagina’s
...heart was too great to permit her to articulate a single word. CHAPTER XXX oo 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. When Charlotte was left to herself, she began to think what course she... | |
 | David John Headon, Elizabeth M. Perkins - 1998 - 228 pagina’s
...with what an emphasis does he who is obviously destitute, ask with the poet: 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? What else indeed to him! In what is called the world, Friendship is... | |
 | Herb Galewitz - 1999 - 68 pagina’s
...deceive them. Liking and even love contribute nothing to friendship. GOETHE 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? Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love,... | |
 | Edward W. R. Pitcher - 2000 - 422 pagina’s
...were tried, who proved Clairvill's"Ah! what is friendship but a name; A charm that lulls to sleepA shade, that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep." I endeavoured to procure some work, but failed in the attempt; for the inhabitants in general were... | |
 | Susanna Rowson - 2006 - 158 pagina’s
...heart was too great to permit her to articulate a single word. CHAPTER XXX. 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. WHEN Charlotte was left to herself, she began to think what course she... | |
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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? 
