 | John Huddlestone Wynne - Advice columns - 1807 - 744 pages
...But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the -freaks of wanton wealth array'd ; In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure...heart distrusting, asks if this be joy? GOLDSMITH. I felt seriously improved by my evening's ramble, and concluded it by repeating the following linei... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...But the long pompj the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure...decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, JTis... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...array'd, In these, ere trifters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...array'd, In these, ere trifles half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, ev'n, while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...In these, ere t filters half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy. The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who surrey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tisyours... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure...decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys encrease, the poor's decay, 'Tisyour's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth array'd, In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure...decoy, The heart distrusting, asks if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, ?Tis... | |
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Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore... 
