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The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Wharton; With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes
The Poetical Works of Goldsmith Collins and T Wharton With Lives Critical Dissertations and Explanatory Notes Author:Oliver Goldsmith General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Original Publisher: James Nichol, (etc.) Subjects: English poetry Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and... more » there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The morn was cold, he views with keen desire The rusty grate unconscious of a fire : With beer and milk arrears the frieze was scored, And five crack'd tea-cups dress'd the chimney board ; A nightcap deck'd his brows instead of bay, A cap by night -- a stocking all the day ! EPITAPH ON DR PARNELL. This tomb, inscribed to gentle Parnell's name, May speak our gratitude, but not his fame. What heart but feels his sweetly-moral lay, That leads to truth through pleasure's flowery way ! Celestial themes confess'd his tuneful aid; And Heaven, that lent him genius, was repaid. Needless to him the tribute we bestow, The transitory breath of fame below : More lasting rapture from his works shall rise, While converts thank their poet in the skies. EPITAPH ON EDWARD PURDON. i Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack : He led such a damnable life in this world, I don't think he'll wish to come back. 1 ' Edward Purdon:' educated at Trinity College, Dublin; but having wasted his patrimony, he enlisted as a foot-soldier. Growing tired of that employment, he became a scribbler in the newspapers. He translated Voltaire's ' Heariade.' SONG, FROM THE ORATOBIO OF " THE CAPTIVITY." 1 The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. 2 Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the w...« less