 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 pages
...fortune brings ,,Are trifling , and decay ; ,,And those who prize the paltry things, , ,,More trilling still than they. ,,And what is friendship but a name,...to sleep ; ,,A shade that .follows wealth or fame , ,,But leaves the wretch to weep ? ,,And love is still an emptier sound, ,,The modern fair one's jest... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...trifling ftill than they. * And what is Friendfliip but a name, * A charm that lulls to fleep ; ' A ihade that follows wealth or fame, ' And leaves the wretch to weep ? ' And Love is ftill an emptier found, ' The modern fair-one's jeft ; ' On earth unfeen, or only found « To warm... | |
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1784 - 332 pages
...More trifling ftill than they. And what is friendfhip but a name, A charm that lulls to fleep, A fhade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep } And love is ftill an emptier found, The modern fair one's jeft, On earth unfeen, or only found To warm the turtle's... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...brings,. * Are trifling, and decay ; * And thofe who prize the paltry things, * More trifling ftill than they. * And what is friendship but a name ? * A charm that lulls to Ileep ; « A made that follows wealth or fame, ' But leaves the.-wfete4i-t0 weep ? * And love is ftill... | |
 | English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...trifling and decay ; " And thofe who prize the paltry things, " More trifling (till than they. " A fhade that follows wealth or fame, " And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And what is friendfhip but a name, " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " And love is dill an emptier found,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...trifling ftill than they. " And what is friendmip but a name, " A charm that lulls to fleep; f A made that follows wealth or fame, " And leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is ftill an emptier found, " The modern fair-one's jeft : " On earth unfeen, or only found " To warm the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...fortune brings ' Are trifling, and decay ; ' And thofe who prize the paultry things ' More trifling ftill than they. * And what is Friendship but a name, ' A charm that lulls to flecp ; 4 A fliade that follows wealth or fame, 4 And leaves the wretch to weep ' 4 And love is ftill... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...trifling flill than they. ' And what is Friendfliip but a name, ' A charm that lulls to fleep ; ' A fliade that follows wealth or fame, •' And leaves the wretch, to weep ? ' And Lovj is flill an emptier found, ' The modern fair-one's jell ; ' On earth unfeen, or only found ' To:... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...ftill than they. " And what is friendmip but a name— " A charm that lulls to fleep — " A fhade that follows wealth or fame, " And leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is ftill an emptier found— " The modern fair-one's jeft; " On earth unfeen, or only found " To warm... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 220 pages
...ft ill than they. ' And what is friendfhip but-a r.ams. ' A charm that lulls to fleep : •* A fhade that follows wealth or fame, ' And leaves the wretch to weep, And love is ilill an emptier found, ' The modern fair-one's jefl- ; * On earth unfeen, or only found ' To warm... | |
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Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch... 
