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" O luxury ! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Miscellaneous poems. The good ... - Page 72
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1825
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...of grief. O luxury ! thou curs'd by heavVs decree, How ill exchangM are things like these for thee! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their...grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own : At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...of grief. O Luxury! thou curst by heaven's decree, How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee! How do thy potions with insidious joy Diffuse their...grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe : Till sapp'd their...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...grief. O, luxury ! thoa cure'd by heav'n's decree, How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee I How do thy potions with insidious joy, Diffuse their...thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigor not their own. At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...grief. O luxury ! thou curst by heaven's decree, How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions with insidious joy, Diffuse their...large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldly woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound-, Down, down they sink, and spread...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...grief. O, luxury! thiiii curst by Heaven's decree, How ill cxchang'd are things like these for thcc! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their...grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated rua?s of rank nnwieldly woe ; Till sapp'd their...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...grief. O luxury! thou curst by heaven's decree, How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions with insidious joy, Diffuse their...grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...grief. 0, luxury! thou curst by Hcavrri's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these forthce ! tting beam Flames pn th' Atlantic isles, vigor not their own. At ev'ry draught more large and large they row, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...grief. O, luxury ! thou curs'd by heav'n's decree. How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions with insidious joy, Diffuse their...thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigor not their own. At every dranght more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with the life of the author ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...Diffufe their pleafures only to deftroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to fickly greatnefs grown, Boa II of a ftorid vigour not their own ; At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mafs of rank unwieldy woej Till, fapp'd their ftrength, and every part unfound, Down, down they fink,...
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The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled ...

Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...grief. O Luxury ! thou curst by heaven's decree, How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee! How do thy potions with insidious joy Diffuse their...grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe : Till sapp'd their...
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