Oliver Goldsmith Quotes on Nature
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But winter lingering chills the lap of May.
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To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land.
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The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes.
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The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.
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Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.