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Poems Of Oliver Goldsmith: Deserted Village, The

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Goldsmith, Oliver

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Deserted Village, The

Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain, Where health and plenty cheer'd the labouring swain, Where smiling Spring its earliest visit paid, And parting Summer's lingering blooms delay'd; Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please: How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene! How often have I paused on every charm, The shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighbouring hill; The hawthorn bush, ...

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