...wretch relics ; And e'en the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way ; And still...we more decisive evidence of struggles and distress ; in none did he accomplish so much for an enduring fame. But it is a year very difficult to describe...

...wretch relies ; And e'en the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way ; And still...we more decisive evidence of struggles and distress ; in none did he accomplish so much for an enduring fame. But it is a year very difficult to describe...

...wretch relies ; And e'en the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way ; And still...we more decisive evidence of struggles and distress ; in none did he accomplish so much for an enduring fame. But it is a year very difficult to describe...

...rends his heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like a glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers his way, And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray." This is poetry. Every one must feel that it is; and, like the taper in the second stanza, it grows...

...every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Illumes and cheers our way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. Goldsmith distrusted his qualifications to succeed in poetry, and doubted the disposition of the public...

...rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns, and cheers the way : And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. CHIDE NOT THE TEAR. Chide not the tear I joy bids it flow, 'Mid smiles along my cheeks ; Like those...

...may wash our stains away. Air. To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies ; And e'en the pang preceding death B*ids expectation rise. Hope,...as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.* Second PRIEST. Why this delay ? At length for joy prepare ; I read your looks, and see compliance there....

...every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Illumes and cheers our way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. Goldsmith distrusted his qualifications to succeed in poetry and doubted the disposition of the public...

...every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Illumes and cheers our way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. Goldsmith distrusted his qualifications to succeed in poetry, and doubted the disposition of the public...

...that sinks the heart Bids the deluder rise. Hope, like the taper's gleamy light, Adorns the wretch's way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SECOND PRIEST. Why this delay ? At length for joy prepare: I read your looks, and see compliance there....