 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from care that never must be mine ! How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to... | |
 | Friedrich von Matthisson - 1815 - 272 pages
....fperbrtes/ alé eine ber lieMkljftfu fereé tyatttt аи5^е1фпеп barf. * v xvm. Butter. i 8 о 5. How blest is he, who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease ! GOLDSMITH, 1. •v»uf bie 97ad&cic^t com ипд1исШфеп ЗЗешбгифе bei gíuiten »on... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine,... | |
 | Thomas Maude - Bolton Castle (England) - 1816 - 136 pages
...excludes avarice, vanity, pride, and every more turbulent passion. WENSLEYDALE; RURAL CONTEMPLATIONS. How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way. GOLDSMITH. WENSLEYDALE;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline> Retreat from cares, that never must he mine. How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to comhat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowois, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...blest retirement! friend to life's decline— Retreats from care that never must be mine! How happy he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or... | |
 | William Upcott - Bibliotheca topographica britannica - 1818 - 516 pages
...pages. LXIV. WENSLEYDALE: or Rural Contemplations- a Poem. By T. MAUDE, Esq. The FOURTH EDITION. " How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease : Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way. ' — GOLDSMITH.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease; IVho quits a world when0 strong temptations ttfl And, since, 'tis hard to... | |
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How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly... 
