 | John Huddlestone Wynne - Advice columns - 1807 - 744 pages
...mind. ' But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the -freaks of wanton wealth array'd ; In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, e'en while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, • The heart distrusting, asks if this be joy? GOLDSMITH.... | |
 | Art - 1813 - 682 pages
...For the Monthly Magazine. IHQCIKY RELATIVE ÍO LARGE Und SMALL FARMS. (Conciuiledfrom puge 118.J •' Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, ihe poor'sdecay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits cuad Between a spleudid and a happy land.... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...unconfin'd. But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? Ye friends... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...unconftn'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain : And e'en while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...unconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, can this be joy ? Ye friends... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...unconfin'd. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends... | |
 | Great Britain - 1807 - 542 pages
...Budil, Crown and Miur, P»ll M«.lf VOL. XII. No. ig.J LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, ISO/. [PRICE lOji. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey . The...joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge, ho.v wide the limits stand Betwc.cn a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1807 - 544 pages
...J. BuJd, £rown and Mitre, M.11 VOL. XII. No. 19.] LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER/, ISO/. [PRICE 1 On. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey . The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis^ours to judge, how. wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Jrond swells the... | |
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... than all the gloss of art ; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested... 
