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" 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... "
An Essay on Light Reading: As it May be Supposed to Influence Moral Conduct ... - Page 176
by Edward Mangin - 1808 - 213 pages
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit,...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...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. / And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit,...degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strive for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And i lion, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still firbt to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these...for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry 'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That roundest...
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The Life of Thomas Dermody: Interspersed with Pieces of Original ..., Volume 2

James Grant Raymond - 1806 - 364 pages
...thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly when sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degen'rate days of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame : Dear charming nymph ! dejected and decried ; My shame in crowds, ray solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...wishes plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit...for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'U, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That foundst...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...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...charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crouds, my solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe. That found' st me poor at first,...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joy» invade ; Unfit in these degen'ratc and scolding fail. Beauties decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ! Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degeiiVate times 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 of all my bliss and all my woe, Thou found'st...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...plac'd above, And steady loyalty, and faithful lore. And 1 1n HI. swe< t Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ! Unfit,...fame, Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, iMy shame in crowds, my bulitary pride ; 496 THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. 49? ,j source of all my bliss,...
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Essays, Poems and Plays: With a Preface

Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...Poetry, thon loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensnal joys invade; Unfit in these degeo'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thon sonrce of all my bliss, and all my woe, That...
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