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Oliver Goldsmith
1794 - 1861
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A New Simile
IN THE MANNER OF SWIFT / Long had I sought in vain to find / A likeness for the scribbling kind;
A Sonnet
Weeping, murmuring, complaining, / Lost to every gay delight; / MYRA, too sincere for feigning,
An Elegy On That Glory Of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize
Good people all, with one accord, / Lament for Madam BLAIZE, / Who never wanted a good word
An Epigram Addressed To The Gentlemen Reflected On In The Rosciad, A Poem, By The Author
Let not the 'hungry' Bavius' angry stroke / Awake resentment, or your rage provoke; / But pitying his distress, let virtue shine,
Description Of An Author's Bedchamber
Where the Red Lion flaring o'er the way, / Invites each passing stranger that can pay; / Where Calvert's butt, and Parsons' black champagne,
Edwin And Angela - A Ballad
'Turn, gentle hermit of the dale, / And guide my lonely way, / To where yon taper cheers the vale
Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog
Good people all, of every sort, / Give ear unto my song; / And if you find it wond'rous short,
Epilogue For Mr. Lee Lewes
Hold! Prompter, hold! a word before your nonsense; / I'd speak a word or two, to ease my conscience. / My pride forbids it ever should be said,
Epilogue Intended To Have Been Spoken For 'She Stoops To Conquer'
'Enter' MRS. BULKLEY, / 'who curtsies very low as beginning to speak. / Then enter' MISS CATLEY,
Epilogue To 'She Stoops To Conquer'
Well, having stoop'd to conquer with success, / And gain'd a husband without aid from dress, / Still, as a Bar-maid, I could wish it too,
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