And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary... Specimens of the British poets - Page 239by British poets - 1809Full view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found' st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse... | |
| English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my wo, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so...nurse of every virtue, fare thee well. Farewell ! and oh ! where'er thy voice be tried, On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's side, Whether where equinoctial... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...honest fame : ' Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd,' My shame in crowds, my solitary pride I Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That...Thou nurse of every virtue! fare thee well. Farewell 1 and, oh! where'er thy voice be try'd, On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's side, Whether where equinoctial... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my wo, Thou found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ^ Thou...excel, . Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well. THOMAS WARTON. Born 1728— Died 1790. of which he continued " a member and an ornament," for forty-seven... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1836 - 150 pages
...shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source...nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thecwell: Farewell ; and oh ! where'er thy voice be tried, On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's side;... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 pages
...shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source...fare thee well ! Farewell, and O ! where'er thy voice l>e tried, On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's side, Whether where equinoctial fervours glow, Or winter... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source...nurse of every virtue, fare thee well! Farewell, and Oh! where'er thy voice be tried, On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's side, Whether where equinoctial... | |
| sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pages
...alarming lines toward the end of it, addressed to Poetry — ' Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source...excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well! *— " Apollo and the Muses forbid ! What I shall the author of the Traveller and the Deserted Village,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 438 pages
...of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame, Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source...guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of ev'ry virtue, fare thee well ; Farewell ! and O ! where'er thy voice be tried, On Torno's cliffs, or... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame, Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source...guide, by which the nobler arts excel, *Thou nurse qf ev'ry virtue, fare thee well ; Farewell ! and O ! where'er thy voice be tried, On Torno's cliffs,... | |
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