Where then, ah! where, shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride? If to some common's fenceless limits... Poems and Essays - Page 32by Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
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...the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped—What watts him there ? To see profusion that he must not share; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
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...to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare'worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits...must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
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...scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And ev'n the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped, what waits him there? To see...he must not share; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd ' To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped.. ..what waits him there ? To sec profusion that he must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd, To pamper luxury, and thin mankind; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
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...scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? To...must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind 5 To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
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...blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,. And ev'u the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped, what waits him there? To see...must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide. And even the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped— What waits him there? To see...he must not share; To see ten thousand baneful arts combiu'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...scanty blade. Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped— What waits him there ? To see...must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...fields the sons of wealth divide. And ev'n the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped—what waits him there ? To see profusion that he must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...fields the sons of wealth divide, And ev'n the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped—what waits him there ? To see profusion that he must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combin'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from... | |
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