 | 1819 - 382 pagina’s
...attribute the follow ing beautiful description of worldly pleasure : > • " 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. And too faithful is the portrait— there are a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pagina’s
...and decay ; And those who prize the paltry 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, Aud leares the wretch to weep ? 'And love is still an emptier sound, The modtrn fair om 's... | |
 | 1819 - 384 pagina’s
...we may attribute the following beautiful description of worldly pleasure : " 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. And too faithful is the portrait — there are a... | |
 | 1820 - 406 pagina’s
...decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, Mure 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 jest;... | |
 | Catherine George Mason, afterwards MASON WARD (Catharine George) - 1821 - 802 pagina’s
...at the same time Markland repeated, in his usual strain — t ' ' • • " And what is friendship but a name ? " A charm that lulls to sleep, " A shade...follows wealth and fame, " And leaves the wretch to weep !" When Miss Mantle, with an enchanting variety of expression in her manner, totally different to what... | |
 | 1821 - 384 pagina’s
...hody can say, and most people do say • . •And whnt i» friendship hnt n name? A charm that lnlls to sleep! A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ! These hacknied, and almost always misqnoted lines of the sweetest of poets, have freqnently attracted... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pagina’s
...decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling things than they. " 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 ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The moder n fair-one's... | |
 | 1821 - 270 pagina’s
..." 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... | |
 | 1842 - 604 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. And leares the wretch to weep. GOLDSMITH. THE expectation of the arrival of the holidays creates... | |
 | 1822 - 666 pagina’s
...friendship as this, and such sort of friends as these, induced the Poet to sing, " 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 ?" A false friend, like a viper, entwines around you with sparkling... | |
| |
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? 
