Oliver Goldsmith

Ireland
10 Nov 1728 // 4 Apr 1774
Writer, Poet

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The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.

The Deserted Village
Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

The Good-Natured Man

Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain.

The Deserted Village
Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.

The Traveller

Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel.

The Traveller

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.

She Stoops to Conquer

And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.

The Deserted Village

Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

Retaliation
Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!

The Traveller

The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.

The Deserted Village
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