Oliver Goldsmith image
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Born in 1730 / Died in 1774 / Ireland / English

Poems by Oliver Goldsmith

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Prologue To 'Zobeide'

... His goods, he hopes are prime, and brought from far,&emsp ...

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A Sonnet

... Yet, why impair thy bright perfection ...

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The Clown's Reply

... Howe'er, from this time I shall ne'er see your graces,&emsp ...

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Epilogue For Mr. Lee Lewes

...   'The deuce confound,' he cries, 'these drumstick shanks, ...

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Epilogue Intended To Have Been Spoken For 'She Stoops To Conquer'

... 'who stands full before her, and curtsies to the audience' ...

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Epilogue to 'The Sister'

... False wits, false wives, false virgins, and false spouses! ...

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Threnodia Augustalis: Overture - Pastorale

... MAN SPEAKER. FAST by that shore where Thames' translucent stream ...

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Song From 'The Vicar Of Wakefield'

... The only art her guilt to cover,&emsp ...

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Epilogue to the 'Good Natur'd Man'

... '   Our Author's friends, thus plac'd at happy distance, ...

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Threnodia Augustalis: Overture - A Solemn Dirge

...   Let us prize death as the best gift of nature -- ...

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To G. C. And R. L.

... 'Twas one, both, three of them, they know not whether ...

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On A Beautiful Youth Struck Blind With Lightning

... That he should be, like Cupid, blind, ...

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On the Death of the Right Hounourable ---

...   Even pitying hills would drop a tear!- ...

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Part Of A Prologue Written And Spoken By The POet Laberius A Roman Knight, Whom Caesar Forced Upon T

... WHAT!  no way left to shun th' inglorious stage, ...

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The Haunch Of Venison

...   No stirring -- I beg -- my dear friend -- my dear friend! ...