 | 1795 - 432 pages
...that they may become the prey of barbarous exactors. ROUSSEAU. Confessions, vol. ib iv. SWEET smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...their crieerful influence shed, These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : a&rmnbtr ifeti. &,t' 4 One... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...hawthorn bush with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bow'rs, the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms... But all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled,...; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, chok'd with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...w'rstheirchcerfulinflueneeshed, These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms — But all these charms tire fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn. Thy sports are fled,...; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choak'd with sedges, works its weedy way; Alonif thy Blades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...hawthorn bush with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bow'rs, the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the... | |
 | Henrietta Rouvière Mosse - 1806 - 938 pages
...visit the sublunary world their grosser bodies had long bid adieu to. CHAP. CHAP. VIL " Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charmi withdrawn i Amidst thy bowers the Tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all the green.... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms— But all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled,...; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, chok'd with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sou u ding... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms—But all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled,...; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choak'd with sedges, works its weedy way; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow sounding bittern... | |
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Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn: Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy... 
