Poems by Oliver Goldsmith
An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog
... Around from all the neighbouring streets ...
The Deserted Village
... His Heaven commences ere the world be past!Sweet was the sound when oft at evening's close ...
When Lovely Woman Stoops To Folly
... What charm can soothe her melancholy, ...
An Elegy On The Glory Of Her Sex, Mrs Mary Blaize
... That had she lived a twelvemonth more, ...
Letter In Prose And Verse To Mrs. Bunbury
... MADAM, I read your letter with all that allowance which critical candour could ...
Song Intended To Have Been Sung In 'She Stoops To Conquer'
... Not a look, not a smile shall my passion discover: ...
Description of an Author's Bedchamber
... And brave prince William show'd his lamp-black face: ...
The Captivity
... RECITATIVE. But whence, when joy should brighten o'er the land, ...
Translation Of A South American Ode
... For though she gives me up her breast, ...
An Author's Bedchamber
... And brave prince William show'd his lamp-black face: ...
On Seeing Mrs. ** Perform In The Character Of ****
... While soul-brought tears steal down each shining face ...
A New Simile
... very right, With wit that's flighty, learning light ...
Epilogue To 'She Stoops To Conquer'
... Talks loud, coquets the guests, and scolds the waiters ...
The Gift (To Iris, In Bow Street, Covent Garden)
... Such short-liv'd offerings but disclose &emsp ...
Translation
... Prompt not their loves:-- the patriot bird pursues&emsp ...