Inside Out Library · Explore

The deserted village (1800)

Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774 · Hildesheimer and Faulkner · leaf 17

An illustration from The deserted village, 1800, leaf 17
ear yonder copse, where once the gardensmiled, And still where many a garden flowergrows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs theplace disclose, The village preachers modest mansionrose, A man he was to all the country dear,And passing rich with forty pounds ayear: | Remote from towns he ran his…

Irish poetry -- 19th century · Etchings -- English

Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The deserted village

More like this