1 Miscellaneous Prose Works of Goldsmith, vol. i., p. 79.
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"The year of Dr. Goldsmith's birth had been universally mistaken, tillhis family, some time after his death, furnished correct informationof the circumstance."—Percy. CONTENTS PAGE The Traveller 1 The DesertedVillage 29 The Hermit 57 The Captivity 67 The Haunch of Venison 85Retaliation 91 The Double Transformation 99 The Gift to Iris 104 TheLogicians Refuted 105 An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog 108 ThrenodiaAugustalis 110 A New Simile 122 On a Beautiful Youth struck Blind byLightning 125 Stanzas on Woman 126 Translation from Scarròn 126 Stanzason the Taking of Quebec 127 Epitaph on Edward Purdon 128xix Translationof a South American Ode 128 Epitaph on Thomas Parnell 129 Descriptionof an Author's Bed-chamber 130 Song, from the Comedy of "She Stoops toConquer" 131 Answer to an Invitation to Dinner. 133 Song, intended tohave been sung in "She Stoops to Conquer" 135 From the Latin of Vida135 An Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize 136 Answer to an Invitation to pass theChristmas at Barton 138 On Seeing a Lady Perform a Certain Character 141Birds 142 Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius 143 Prologueto "Zobeide" 144 Epilogue to "The Sister" 146 Epilogue intended for "SheStoops to Conquer" 148 Another Intended Epilogue 153 Epilogue to "SheStoops to Conquer" 155 Epilogue to "The Good-natured Man" 157 On theDeath of the Right Hon. —— 159 Epilogue Written for Mr. Charles LeeLewes 163 xx ILLUSTRATIONS ENGRAVED BY EDMUND EVANS, FROM DRAWINGS BY BIRKET FOSTER. MILL AT LISSOY(Frontispiece). PAGE GOLDSMITH'S TOMB IN THE TEMPLE CHURCHYARD xvii THETRAVELLER. Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies 5 Bless'd that abode,where want and pain repair 6 Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend 7Ye lakes, whose vessels catch the busy gale 8 The shuddering tenant ofthe frigid zone 9 Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave 10 Whileoft some temple's mouldering tops between 12 In florid beauty groves andfields appear 13 A mistress or a saint in every grove 14xxi Where thebleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread 16 With patient angle trollsthe finny deep 17 How often have I led thy sportive choir 18 Thewillow-tufted bank, the gliding sail 21 There gentle music melts onevery spray 24 Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around 27 THEDESERTED VILLAGE. The never-failing brook, the busy mill 32 Theshelter'd cot, the cultivated farm 33 And many a gambol frolick'd o'erthe ground 34 The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest 35 Where oncethe cottage stood, the hawthorn grew 37 The swain responsive as themilk-maid sung 38 And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made 39 Topick her wintry faggot from the thorn 40 The village preacher's modestmansion rose 41 Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride 42 At church,with meek and unaffected grace 43 Low lies that house, where nut-browndraughts inspir'd 45 No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale45 Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds 48 Where the poorhouseless, shivering female lies 50 Her modest looks the cottage mightadorn 51 Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey 52 The coolingbrook, the grassy-vested green 53 And left a lover's for a father's arms54xxii Downward they move, a melancholy band 56 THE HERMIT. Then turn,to-night, and freely share whate'er my cell bestows 58 The hermittrimm'd his little fire, and cheer'd his pensive guest 61 And when,beside me in the dale; he caroll'd lays of love 64 THE CAPTIVITY. Yehills of Lebanon, with cedars crown'd 69 Fierce is the tempest rollingalong the furrow'd main 74 As panting flies the hunted hind, wherebrooks refreshing stray 80 O Babylon! how art thou fall'n 83 THE HAUNCHOF VENISON 90 THE DOUBLE TRANSFORMATION 102 AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF AMAD DOG 109 THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS 116 ON A BEAUTIFUL YOUTH STRUCK BLINDBY LIGHTNING 125 SONG—"THE THREE PIGEONS" 130 BIRDS 142 EPILOGUE WRITTENFOR MR. CHARLES LEE LEWES 162 THE DESERTED VILLAGE By Oliver Goldsmith Illustrated by the Etching ClubMDCCCLVII ILLUSTRATIONS
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