Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Poems and Essays - Página 30por Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 218 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1828 - 956 páginas
...contemplate their effects on that important part of the community, the labouring class, without perceiving " How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land : " and without wishing that the other course had been pursued, even though we had been somewhat less... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 páginas
...this be joy? Ye friends to truth—ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand...And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains—this... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 páginas
...? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tie yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy laud. Proud swells the tidr with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore... | |
| 1821 - 284 páginas
...has now nearly brought this once happy country to ruin, in the following genuine colours — T'rourt swells the- tide with loads of freighted ore, And...wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world aronod ; Yet count our pains — Thin wealth is but a name, Tluit leaves our useful products Ktill... | |
| 1821 - 558 páginas
...yravc." ' Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey •'NThe rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay ; " 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand " Between a splendid and a happy land." If our state be not here truly described, never was description true. Dr. GOLDSMITH, if he used a little... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 páginas
...this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a bappy land. F Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from... | |
| 1821 - 284 páginas
...friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay — 'Tis your's to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. He then describes that deceitful commerce, which, with its concomitants, luxury and poverty, has now... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 páginas
...rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand lietwcen a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide...shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards ev'n beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 páginas
...this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a'happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "I is yours to judge, how wide the limits stand between...shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
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