Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774 · Hildesheimer and Faulkner · leaf 11
*J~be basbjcil virgins side-long looks of love,, The matrons ^la nee that would those looks reprove. … reflects the day,But choked wilh sedges, works its weedy way:Along thy glades, a solitary guest,The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest;Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies,And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all,And the long grass oertops the…
Irish poetry -- 19th century · Etchings -- English
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