 Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him that states of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very bless'd; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self-dependent...  Gems from the Poets - Page 341885 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...over time, Redress the rigours of tli' inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay,... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...over time, Redress the rigors of th' inclement clime; And slighted truth, with thy persuasive strain, Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain: Teach him that states of native strength pqsse.st,. Though very poor, may still be very blest; F 3 Ah cease—no more of Providence complain... | |
 | English poetry - 1803 - 294 pages
...gain j Teach him that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self-dependent pow'r can time defy, At rocks resist the billows and the sky. B» THE TRAVELLER; 01 A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY:... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...over time, Redress the rigours of th' inclement clime; Aid slighted Truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength possest Though very poor, may still be very blest; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...over time, Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth, with thy persuasive strain, Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach...empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...contemporaries. The conclusion of his ' Traveller,' written by a greater than Goldsmith, assures us, ' That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows of the sky.' Who is so insensible to the charms of fiction, as in this passage to lament the absence... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...time, Redress the rigours of th'inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth, with thy persuasive strain j Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength possest. Though very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 904 pages
...Kedress the rigours of th' inclement clime; Aid slighted Truth with thy persuasive strain. Teach errring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him that states, of native strength possest, Tho 1 very poor, may yet be very blest; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 462 pages
...rigours of th' inclement clime; Aid Aid slighted Truth with Ihy persuasive strain. Teach errring mat) to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him that states, of native strength possest, Tho* very poor, may yet be very blest; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...Goldsmith, assures us, swift dec»y, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole ' That trade's proud empire hastes to away : While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows of the sky.' Who is so insensible to the charms of fiction, as in this passage to lament the absence... | |
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