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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... "
The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 263
edited by - 1804
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...decline! Retreat from care, that never must be mine ! „_ » ,;-.,:'--.--• '. - --- •;.• --^=^J^. 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 " t is hard...
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Waldie's Select Circulating Library, Volume 2

Adam Waldie - Literature - 1833 - 640 pages
...at last. O, blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from core that never must be mine ! How blest is he, who crowns, in shades like these,...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'I is hard to combat, learns to fly. Goldsmith. of a CALCUTTA TO EUROPE BY WAY OF EGYPT, IN Tin! TEAKS...
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A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank].

James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...Goldsmith, after alluding to some of the beauties of rural life in the Deserted Village, says, — " How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of case." It has been observed by Bayle, that nothing is more extraordinary than for a great man to know...
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Schriften, Volumes 5-6

Friedrich von Matthisson - German literature - 1835 - 746 pages
...«¡фИ Senf unit; rncfjc bjtbictet, toit mit einem 168 XXVI. or í í ê er 25 I a í í er, 1805. VI. How blest is he , who crowns in shades like these , A youth of labour with an age of easel GOLDSMITH. 2litf bie 0}афпф( «cm ипдШсШфеп 23ein6rttdje Ш 5ütßen »on Seffau,...
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History of Kirkstall Abbey, Near Leeds, Yorkshire: With an Historical Sketch ...

1837 - 46 pages
...MDCCCXXXVII. HISTORY OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER OF MONKS, &c. How bless'd is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! Goldsmith. TOWARDS the close of the eleventh century, Robert,...
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The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an account of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A ^ outh of labour with an age of ease; Who 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...
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Poems and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 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,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...at last. О blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, d HASTINGS. Tony. What do you follow rne for, Cousin...very engaging. Miss Neville. I hope, cousin, one may 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly Т For him no wretches, born to work and weep. Explore the mine,...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 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...; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, 5 And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 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...; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, 5 And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...
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