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" Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. Hence all obedience bows to these alone, And talent sinks, and merit weeps unknown... "
The Anti-critic for Aug. 1821 and March 1822 - Page 116
by sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...ties decay, As duty, love, and honour, fail to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. Hence,...and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come, when, stripp'd of all her charms, The land of scholars, and the nurse of arms, Where noble stems transmit...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...nature's ties decay. As duty, love, and honor fail to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. Hence all obedience bows to thee alone, And talent sinks, and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come, when, stript of all her...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...ties decay, As duly, love, and honor f.iil to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, c ]W 5K % J q p hj פnH S 4 H . ؚ &R E E Q"꒍g :p ` YOR ` i b f4 taleiXs sink*, and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come, when stripp'd of all her charms, The land...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...these alone. And tiilentsiiiks, and merit weeps unknown; Till time may cuiue, when ktnpu'd of all Ler charms, The land of scholars and the nurse of arms, Where noble stems trancmit the putrid flainf, Where kings have loii'd, and poets wrote fur fame, One sink of level avarice...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...nature's ties decay, As duty, love, and honor fail to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. Hence all obedience bows to thee alone, And talent sinks, and merit weeps unknown : Till time may come, when, stript of all her...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...ties decay, As duty, love, and honour fail to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. Hence all obedience bows to thee alone, And talent sinks, and merit weeps unknown : Till time may come, when, stript of all her...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...ties decay, As duty, love, and honour fail to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. Hence all obedience bows to thee alone, And talent sinks, and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come, when, striptofall her charme,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...ties decay, As duty, love, and honour, fail to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and lav, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. ,...and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come, when, strip t of ail her charms, The land of scholars, and the nurse of arms. Where noble stems transmit...
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Essays, Poems and Plays: With a Preface

Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...nnwilling awe. Hence all ohedience hows to these alone, And talent sinks, and merit weeps nnknown ; Till time may come, when, stript of all her charms, The .land of scholars, and the nnrse of arms, "Where nohle stems transmit the patriot flame, "Where kings have toil'd and poets wrote...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...ties decay, As duty, love, and honour, fail to sway, Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling; awe. Hence all obedience bows to tliese atone, And talent sinks, and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come, when, stript of aH bar...
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