Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774 · Hildesheimer and Faulkner · leaf 18
ardensmiled, 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 godly race, Nor eer had changed, nor… … 15 His house was known to all the vagrant train,He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain:The long remembered beggar was his guest,Whose beard descending swept his aged breast;The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud,Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed;The broken soldier,…
Irish poetry -- 19th century · Etchings -- English
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