...nevertheless, beguiled the hours and amused the minds of a Walton, a Paley, a Davy, a Wollaston. " Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul...first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined ! " But, besides these direct enjoyments of the Gentle Art, it has,...

...more unenlightened in our own.] " Yei ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, The simple pleasures of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to...heart, One native charm , than all the gloss of art." GOLDSMITH. UPON that night, when fairies light, On Cassilis Downans-f- dance, Or owre the lays, in...

...tripping dodging perhaps sad HALLOWEEN1 Yes/ let the rich deride, the proud disdain, The simple pleasures of the lowly train: To me more dear, congenial to...heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art. The following poem will, by many readers, be well enough understood; but for the sake of those who...

...fondly stoops to trace The parlor splendors of that festive place. Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, One native charm than all the gloss of art. — GOLOSMITH. MA SMITH was a member of the church referred...

...on the simple and natural, far from departing from the classical perspective is a reassertion of it: To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native...art; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, (1. 253-5) Virgil's rural husbandmen feel a similar affinity with the natural landscape and its inspiration...

...description not unnaturally introduces the following reflections: Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train;...heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art ... The sentiment here is better than the expression. The Poet is probably right in his supposition,...

...rejoicing in their " meadow-sweet breath," or whispering of the precious perfumes of their forest home ! u To me more dear, congenial to my heart. One native charm than all the gloss of art ; Spontaneons joys, where nature has its play, The sont adopts and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly...

...go round; Nor the coy maid, half willing to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native...first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined: But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of...