And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if 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... Flirtation - Página 35por Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1834Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 páginas
...passion ;' to banish every unpleasant reflection from my memory; and diffuse tranquillity o'er my mind. ' But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...heart distrusting, asks if this be joy? GOLDSMITH. I felt seriously improved by my evening's ramble, and concluded it by repeating the following linei... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 páginas
...sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvicd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton...decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 páginas
...their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconftn'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 páginas
...joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and own their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolick o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined....brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, can this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 páginas
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, UnenvyM, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, JTis... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 páginas
...array'd, In these, ere trifters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 páginas
...array'd, In these, ere trifles half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, ev'n, while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...In these, ere t filters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy. The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who surrey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 páginas
...their first-born sway j Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tisyours... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 páginas
...their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvy'd, unmolested, unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys encrease, the poor's decay, 'Tisyour's... | |
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