Category: Poetry

The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774; Willmott, Robert Aris, 1809-1863 [Editor]; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 [Illustrator]; Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899 [Illustrator]; Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 7,454 words

The praise attending pomp and power, The incense given to kings, Are but the trappings of an hour-- Mere transitory things! The base bestow them; but the good agree To spurn the venal gifts as flattery. But, when to pomp and power are join’d An equal dignity of mind-- When tit...

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2. PART II.

Fast by that shore where Thames’ translucent stream Reflects new glories on his breast, Where, splendid as the youthful poet’s dream, He forms a scene beyond Elysium blest-- Whe...

1. PART I.

The praise attending pomp and power, The incense given to kings, Are but the trappings of an hour-- Mere transitory things! The base bestow them; but the good agree To spurn the...