 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pagine
...not their own; 390 At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mais of rank unwieldy woe; Till fapp'd their ftrength, and every part unfound, Down, down they fink, and fpread a ruin round. Even now the devaftation is begun, 39; And half the bufinel's of deftruclion done ; Even now,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1802 - 130 pagine
...deftroy ! Kingdom.1) by thee, to fickly greatnefs grown, Boaft of a florid vigour not their own. At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mafs of rank unwieldy woe ; Till fapp'd their ftrength, and ev'ry part unfound, Down, down they fink, and fpread... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 366 pagine
...infidious joy, DifFufe their pleafures only to deftroy!Kingdoms by thee, to fickly greatnefs j*rown, Boaft of a florid vigour not their own. At every draught...large 'and large they grow, A bloated mafs of rank unwieldy woe; Till lapp'd their ftrength, and every part unfound, Down, down they fink, and fpread... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pagine
...insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | William Henry Turner - 1803 - 186 pagine
...! " Kingdoms by thee to fickly greatnefs grown, " Uoalt of a florid vigor not their own. " At ev'ry draught, more large and large they grow, " A bloated mafs of rank, unwieldy woe ! " Till fapp'd their ftrength, and every part unfound, " Down, down they fink, and fpread... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagine
...joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms, by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till, sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound* Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pagine
...their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigor not their own. At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe. Till sapp'd their strt-ngth, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pagine
...insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldly woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound-, Down, down they sink,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pagine
...Diffufe their pleafures only to deftroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to fickly greatnefs grown, Boa II of a ftorid vigour not their own ; At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mafs of rank unwieldy woej Till, fapp'd their ftrength, and every part unfound, Down, down they fink, and fpread... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pagine
...their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigor not their own. At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink,... | |
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O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms, by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid... 
