 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 páginas
...train, The sad historian of the pensive plai . Near yonder copse, where once the arden smil'd, And H,ll than @ a-year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'dt change his place;... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 páginas
...COUNTRY PARSON. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place...country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Kemote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wished to change, his place :... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 páginas
...had been present, the poet has painted with fearful accuracy what his lather's house was to be: — ' Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.' " Little can be added to that account. There still stands the long white rum of the house which sheltered... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 páginas
...— These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place , Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, » By doctrines fashioned to... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place...a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, NoVe'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By... | |
 | Caleb Farnum (Jr.) - 1848 - 132 páginas
...self-government, are duties incumbent on all ; but especially on such as are beginning the journey of life. r Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled,....disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.. t Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 páginas
...than a matter of finding things. There's wood to be cut. Come along.' HOWARD SPRING (1889—1965) 52. There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 páginas
...miserly pay. Goldsmith's preacher bears a strong resemblance to Chaucer's Parson in The Canterbury Tales. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 páginas
...the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. 4153 The Deserted Village A man , abide with me. 6670 'Praise, my soul, the King of...spares us; Well our feeble frame he knows ... Praise h wished to change his place. 4 1 54 The Deserted Village He chid their wand'rings, but relieved their... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2000 - 324 páginas
...THE VILLAGE PREACHER From the 'Deserted Village 1 NEAE yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ;...race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change, his place Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; Far other... | |
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Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with... 
