...children leave thu land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, nnd men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may...them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, tbeir country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's...

...and the constant and unfailing supply of the staple to the nations of the world. Goldsmith well says: "111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may nourish or may fade, — • A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their...

...Dryden, Pope, and Goldsmith, for pointed, antithetical statement: I11 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; 36 (Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 51-56) A few words may be added on the history of rhyme in...

...with the line structure, but each line is composed of two or more phrases divided by cesural pauses: 111 fares the land, || to hastening ills a prey, ||...decay: || Princes and lords || may flourish, || or may fade — || A breath can make them, || as a breath has made. (Goldsmith: Deserted Village.) Phrasing...

...announcement of which by him was, if he hud written that and that only, sufficient to give him Immortality: 111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey. Where...wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes and lords may nourish or may fade, A breath can make them as a breath has made : But n hold peasantry, their country's...

...written that and that only, sufficient to give him immortality: III fares the land to hastening Ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade. A hreath can make them as a hreath has made: Rut n hold peasantry, their country's pride. When...

...not be violated with impunity. May it not be our fate to realize the truth of Goldsmith's lines, ' ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country 's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supplied." THE FOURTH OF JULY— THEN AND NOW...

...thespoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; Hut .1 bold peasantry, their country's pride,...

...wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. 50 # # & # #xΚ. fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : 54 But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,...

...Goldsmith, the famous scholar, philosopher, and poet, who wrote these lines in The Deserted Village : 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country.s pride. When once destroyed, can never be supplied. And this is what is happening in our American...