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Contributions of physicians to English and American literature - Page 56
by Robert C. Kenner - 1892 - 93 pages
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...some mournful tale; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follew, flies; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone. And find no spot of all the world my own....
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The Deserted Village, Traveller, and Miscellaneous Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pages
...Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care : Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care; Impell'd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good,...skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies; B 3 My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Ev'n now,...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

1821 - 270 pages
...Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good ! But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent, and care : Impeird, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That like...
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The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; ImpelTd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 30

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. Impell'd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the viewl That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share — My prime of life in wandering spent and care— Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some 8ecting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...Or prees the bashful stranger to his food. And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd with steps unceasinc to punue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Miscellaneous poems. The good ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pages
...some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That,...
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