 While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that...  Child's Magazine - Side 271816Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 sider
...fragrance round the fmiling land. But fmall the blifs that fenfe alette btftows, And fenfual blifs is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man feeifts the only growth that dwindles her*. Contrafted faults through all his manners reign: Though... | |
 | 1781 - 512 sider
...fragrance round the fmiling land, ,^, But final! the blifs that fenfe alone beftows, And fenfual blifs is all the nation knows. .,, In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man feems the only growth that dwindles Contrafted faults through all his manners reign : ,,-, Though poor,... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 sider
...wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid...Though grave, yet trifling, zealous, yet untrue, And ev'n in pennance planning sins anew. j3t All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 sider
...wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid...reign, Though poor, luxurious, though submissive, vnin, Though grave, yet trifling, zealous, yet untrue, And ev'n in pennance planning sins anew. All... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 sider
...wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man teems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign, Though poor,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 sider
...winnow fragrance round the fmiling land. But fmall the blifs that fenfe alone beftows, And fenfual blifs is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man feems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrafted faults through all his manners reign : Though... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 sider
...fragrance round the fmiling land. But fmall the blifs that fcnfe alone bellows, And fenfual bill's 'd he h'.s wifdom up in churlilh * ev'ry gen'rous youth his praif Alan feems the only growth that dwindles here. Contraftcd faults through all his manners reign : Though... | |
 | James Roach - 1792 - 284 sider
...winnow fragrance round the fmiling land. But fmall the blifs that fenfe alone beflows, And fenfual blifs is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man feems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrafled faults through all his manners reign : Though... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 sider
...winnow fragrance round the fmiling land. But fmall the blifs that fenfe alone beftows, And fenfual blifs is all the nation knows. In florid beauty, groves and fields appear, Man feems the only growth that dwindles here: Contrafted faults thro' all his manners reign — Tho' poor,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 sider
...winnow fragrance round thcfmiling land. But fmall the blifs that fenfe alone bellows, And fcnfual blifs is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man feems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrafted faults through all his manners reign : Though'... | |
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