 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly when sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame To catch the heart or strike for honest...shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of bliss as well as source of wo, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me BO ; Thou guide, by which... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1825 - 160 pages
...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to ily where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, negleeted and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...negleeted and deery 'd; My shame in erowds, my solitary pride ; Thou souree of all my bliss and all my woe, whieh the nobler arts exeel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well ! Farewtll, and Oh ! where'er... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...Poetry, thou loveliest maid. Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for...pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my wo, Thou found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ^ Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, . Thou... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, i* To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame : ' Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd,' My shame in crowds, my solitary pride I Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pages
...Poetry, tbou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest...my solitary pride—- Thou source of all my bliss ! " " Well, I wish you would no — o — t (yawn) bore me with that s — o — rt (yawn) of bliss... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...Thou source of all my blips, and all my woe, That found* it me poor at first, and keep'sl me so; Thon guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well ! — GuldtmttH. Day. lintno. Dratfis. Prid. Non. 4. John Jackson, 1686, Lenty. Who is that yonder,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1836 - 150 pages
...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for...solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so ; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 558 pages
...Poetry! thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for...excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!" It seems also to have been forgotten by all who advert to the limited quantity of Goldsmith's poetry,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 564 pages
...Poetry! them loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for...nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare tbee well!" It seems also to have been forgotten by all who advert to the limited quantity of Goldsmith's... | |
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And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary... 
