 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...historian of the pensive plain. 15 THE VILLAGE PASTOR. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd And still where many a garden flower grows wild ;...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden amilM, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place : Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 Seiten
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the arden emil'd, " In a lump!" cried the other, " I a-year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'dt change his place;... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 Seiten
...youthful pride has been to be called a good singer. LESSON XLI. The Country Clergyman. — GOLDSMITH. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Noi e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his pl-jce • Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...love, the eternal light of light! OLIVER GOLDSMITH. [from The DtterUd Village.} THE VILLAGE PREACHER. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 Seiten
...stealing softly after them. The Country Clergyman. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There,...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place : Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 Seiten
...garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the pluce disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose....towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place : Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 Seiten
...bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn 5 To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn; She...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place;... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 Seiten
...pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 Seiten
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plai . Near yonder copse, where once the arden smil'd, a-year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'dt change his place;... | |
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Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with... 
