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" 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 and a happy land. "
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ... - Page 153
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 527 pages
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...pain; 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...around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...pain; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...around. ..Yet count our gains: this wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss : the man of wealth and pride...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid...around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Kot so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, can this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, JTis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between...around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

1806 - 330 pages
...pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest charms decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore j Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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...tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly bails them from her shore ; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...Those calm desires that ask'd but little room, Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene ^ Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains....
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest arms decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, ev'n beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains....
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey, The rich man's joys increase, Jhe he barber's tale, more the woodman^ ballad shall prevail...The host himself no longer shall be found, Careful t ev'n bevond the mUer's wish, abound ; And rich men riock from all ihe world around ; Yet count our...
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