Oliver Goldsmith ( 10 of 116 )
Alike all ages: dames of ancient days
Have led their children through the mirthful maze,
And the read more
Alike all ages: dames of ancient days
Have led their children through the mirthful maze,
And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,
Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
His house was known to all the vagrant train,
He chid their wanderings but reliev'd their pain;
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His house was known to all the vagrant train,
He chid their wanderings but reliev'd their pain;
The long remembered beggar was his guest,
Whose beard descending swept his aged breast.
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at read more
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.
The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
That dire disease, whose ruthless power
Withers the beauty's transient flower.
That dire disease, whose ruthless power
Withers the beauty's transient flower.
A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he read more
A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad
When he put on his clothes.
