 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 ページ
...brown draught sinspir'd; Where gray beard mirth, and smiling toilretir'd ; Where village statesman talk'd, with looks profound, And news, much older than their ale, went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlor splendors ot that festive place ; The white wash'd wall ; the nicely sanded... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 ページ
...brown draughts inspir'di. Where grey-beard mirth, and smiling toil, retir'd : Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops, to trace The parlour-splendors of that festive place ; The white'wash'd wall ; the nicely sanded... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 ページ
...nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd, Where village statesmen talkM with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round; Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 ページ
...draughts inspired, Where gray-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 ページ
...nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour-splendours of that festive place ; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 ページ
...nut-brown draughts inspired, Where gray-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 ページ
...nutbrown draughts inspir'd ; Where graybeard mirth, and smiling toil, retir'd: Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops, to trace The parlour splendors of that festive place ; The white-wash'd wall ; the nicely sanded... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 ページ
...nut-brown draughts isspir'd, Where gray-beard mirth, and smiling toil retir'd; Where village statesmen ssion wears A chaster, milder, more attractive mien. But stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 ページ
...nut-brown draughts inspired, Where gray-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded... | |
 | Mac Erin O'Tara (pseud.) - 1825 - 954 ページ
...draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired; Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail. GOLnSMITH.... | |
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Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. 
