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" Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. "
The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient ... - Page 177
edited by - 1890
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between...ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore j Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between...tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly bails them from her shore ; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 504 pages
...scene Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between...shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich. men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains....
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,. And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock...around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a nama That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride, Takes...
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Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 12

Great Britain - 1807 - 548 pages
...rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge, ho.v wide the limits stand Betwc.cn a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting fully hails them front her sliorc ; Hoards, e'en beyond Vic miser's with, abound, And rich men flock...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 12

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1807 - 544 pages
...friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey . The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis^ours to judge, how. wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Jrond swells the tide with loads of "freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ;...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 606 pages
...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey, The rich man's joys increase, Jhe poor's decay, le, more the woodman^ ballad shall prevail ; more...The host himself no longer shall be found, Careful t ev'n bevond the mUer's wish, abound ; And rich men riock from all ihe world around ; Yet count our...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 310 pages
...joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between...shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, ev'n beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains....
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 324 pages
...increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted...shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, ev'n beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains....
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. With the Life of the Author ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...fhouting folly hails them from her more ; Hoards, even beyond the mifer's wifh, abound, And rich men ftock from all the world around. Yet count our gains — this wealth is but a name That leaves our ufeful product ftill the fame: ' Not fo the lofs — the man of wealth and pride Takes up a fpace that...
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