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" Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. "
The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors - Page 169
1821 - 259 pages
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...repair, And ev'ry stranger finds a ready chair; Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sign with pity at some mournful tale;. Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury...
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The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...And every stranger finds a ready chair ; Bless'd be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...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...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 30

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...And every stranger finds a ready chair ; Bless'd be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, "Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...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...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair; Bless'd be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...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 follow, flies; My fortune...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair; Bless'd be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or prees the bashful stranger to his food. And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destin'd such...
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The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1825 - 160 pages
...repair, And ev'ry stranger finds a ready chair ; Blest be those feasts with simple plenty Erown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care ; Impell'd with steps unccsaing to pursue Some fleeting good that mocks me...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...And ev'ry stranger finds a ready chair : Bless'd be those feasts, with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...learn the luxury of doing good ! But me, not destin'd snch delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent, and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Miscellaneous poems. The good ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair ; Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...which the poet so charmingly describes : Bless'd be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around ^ Laugh at the jests or...stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. The whimsical character of the Man in Black, in the « Citizen of the World,» so rich in eccentricities...
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The Hearts of Steel: An Irish Historical Tale of the Last Century, Volume 1

James M'Henry - Ireland - 1825 - 348 pages
...repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair! Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or...to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good!" " This, I confess," said Frederick, " is a welldrawn, easily understood, and perhaps, easily felt description...
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