 Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.  An account of the island of Jersey - Page 261by W. Plees - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 pages
...That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift jlecajj / \ *\ As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; \ * While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. 430 THE HERMIT.1 1 " TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where yon taper cheers... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 pages
...; *That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, r\* As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; « While self-dependent power can time defy, *As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT; A BALLAD. THE FOLLOWING LETTER, ADDRESSED TO THE PRINTER OF THE ST JAMES'S CHRONICLE, APPEARED... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...That .trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; "\A hile self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.* 1 The river Tornea falls into the Gulf of Bothnia. Famlxunarca is a mountain near Quito. * "Dr. Johnson... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away, While self-dopendent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE GRAVE. 'IT7HILST some affect the sun, and some the shade, 1 ' Some flee the city, some the hermitage,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 pages
...very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, * As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT; A it A I. LAD. The following letter, addressed to the printer of the St. James's Chronicle,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 586 pages
...very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to, swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. [For the Nfttion»! М|фша«.1 JUNE. BY LL'EIXA CLAHK. TIME when violets dot the grasses, Mingling... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pages
...very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labored mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. EDWIN AND ANGELINA. A BALLAD. TURN, gentle Hermit of tbc dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 448 pages
...trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. As ocean sweeps the labour" d mole away; While self-dependant power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HAUNCH OP VENISOHj X POETICAL Kl'lSTLK TO LOED CLAE f Pint printal m THANKS, my lord, for your... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 pages
...bless'd ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay," As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away — While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. LYRICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. TO AN IMPERTINENT MUSICIAN— THE CLOWN'S REPLY. i i JOHN TROTT was... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1858 - 114 pages
...very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. . 430 LINE 415.—Which is feminine, referring to poetry. The relative pronoun which is, however, generally... | |
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