Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774 · Hildesheimer and Faulkner · leaf 37
ing asks, if this be joy? X Ye friends to truth,[M ye statesmen who survey s The rich mans joys increase, the poors decay!Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits standBetween a splendid and a happy land.Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,And shouting Folly hails them from her… … The man of wealth ) tvS and prideTakes up a space that many poor supplied; VjJ ,Space for his lake, his parks extended bounds, ™Space for his horses, equipage,and hounds;The robe thatwraps his limbs in silken sloth,Has robbed the neigh-bouring fields of half their growth;His seat, where solitary…
Irish poetry -- 19th century · Etchings -- English
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