The Poems of Oliver GoldsmithOliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765). |
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Ęsop Amidst ballad bard beauty bestow bless bless'd blest bliss bold breast BULKLEY Bunbury CHALDEAN CHARLES LEE LEWES charms CHORUS climes COMEDY Covent Garden cried dear DESERTED VILLAGE ELEGY eyes fame flies fond groves guest HAUNCH OF VENISON heart Heaven hermit honour ISRAELITISH keep a corner land Leo Tolstoy lies Lord luxury maid mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain pass'd passion pity plac'd plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poor praise pride PROLOGUE rage rapture read Advertising Recitative reign rise round scene SECOND PRIEST SECOND PROPHET Sheridan Le Fanu shore sigh simile sinks skies skill'd smiling SONG sorrow soul spread spurn STOOPS TO CONQUER stranger swain sweet Sweet Auburn tear thee thine THOMAS PARNELL thou toil turn Twas venison wealth weep William Shakespeare WOMAN wretch yonder youth