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 - Pàgina 35per Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1834Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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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