 To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested...  Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems - Seite 70von Oliver Goldsmith - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | S-l J-n - 1825 - 312 Seiten
...wonders in her favour, may chance to give her speedy freedom." 1 J ! "• '• . .. '- ».) CHAPTER VII. Ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; -i And e'en while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting ' , asks if this be Joy ?... | |
 | Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) - 1827 - 782 Seiten
...Housf, and the weary inmates hastened to seek repose. - • . • CHAPTJNFASHIONABLES. CHAPTER XII. Ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; And e.en when Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy ? GOLDSMITH. LESBIA... | |
 | Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1829 - 1254 Seiten
...refrain from turning round, and saying to one of his party in the words of the poet — " And e'en when Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy." Such was the testimony, which his heart, as yet unrenewed by divine grace, was compelled to give to... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 Seiten
...first-bom sway; rolic o'er the vacant mind, nolested, unconfined. ютр, the midnight masquerade, reaks arta decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy 7 Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...»vealth urray'd. In thescj ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into p .in : s temperate, the sky he joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1831 - 444 Seiten
...insipidity, the utter inanity of these vain shows. "The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy'" Does there not then exist in this enlightened community, much talent, information, elegance, taste... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1834 - 340 Seiten
...their free-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy ? GOLDSMITH. THE next morning, when Lady Emily prepared to rise, a beautiful bouquet was brought to... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1836 - 298 Seiten
...owns her firstborn sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy. CHAPTER III. " And so, Louisa, you are going to these races," said Charles, lifting his head from a... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1836 - 420 Seiten
...own their free-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfmed. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all...array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; The heart, distrusting,... | |
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