Oliver Goldsmith ( 10 of 116 )
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.
Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.
The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
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The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
There all in sweet confusion sought the shade,
And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care
Is to seem everything but what they are.
Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care
Is to seem everything but what they are.
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative.
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative.
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
