 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. « And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? « And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest ;... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - Bashfulness - 1841 - 396 pages
...do not understand what true friendship is, and you say, like Edwin, when he was vexed, ' And what is friendship but a name ?— A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep.' " " I am sure," replied Constance, " I say no such stuff" " Fanny just... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Sutherland - Canada - 1841 - 180 pages
...sensible of this general truth, sung by a once well known British bard : " Friendship, alas, is hut a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep." Where, then, shall I expect to find sureties to sign for... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...trifling and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. '' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade thai follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is still an emptier sound, The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pages
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship, but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep: A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch 10 weep? "And love L» still an emptier sound. The modern fair one'sjest; On... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep : A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one s j«st ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1897 - 300 pages
...and decay ; 30 And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? "And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one s jest ; On... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1899 - 318 pages
...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch <o weep ? "And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ; On... | |
 | Volney Streamer - Friendships - 1899 - 144 pages
...based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph ; with time it fades. — Carmen Sylva. A ND what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? — Goldsmith. |WO people who are friends make themselves responsible... | |
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And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep... 
