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All the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
Essayist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Playwright
Poet
Polygraph
Theatrical Producer
Writer
Elphin
County Roscommon
Oliver Goldsmit
Doctor Goldsmith
Oliverio Goldsmith
Oliverus Goldsmith
Olver Goldsmith
Olivier Goldsmith
Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
Solomon Winlove
James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
Dr Goldsmith
Inspired Idiot
Flush
Fled
Life
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I have visited many countries, and have been in cities without number, yet never did I enter a town which could not produce ten or twelve little great men all fancying themselves known to the rest of the world, and complimenting each other upon their extensive reputation.
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Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
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Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won.
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And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
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The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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