Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774 · Hildesheimer and Faulkner · leaf 42
Far different these from every former scene,The cooling brook, the grassy vested green,The breezy covert of the warbling grove,That only sheltered thefts of harmless love. 38 … 39 Good Heaven! what sorrows gloomed that parting dayThat called them from their native walks away;When the poor exiles,every pleasure past,Hung round the bowers, and fondly looked their last,And took a long farewell, and wished in vainFor seats like these beyond the western main;And shuddering…
Irish poetry -- 19th century · Etchings -- English
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