Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmithwas an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur'd Manand She Stoops to Conquer. He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 November 1730
CountryIreland
bit gain mad private
The dog, to gain some private ends, / Went mad and bit the man.
disorder doctor doctors last
The doctor found, when she was dead, her last disorder mortal.
both degree dog dogs low town
And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree
pleasant
An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man.
heaven prospects
And, all his prospects brightening to the last, / His heaven commences ere the world be past!
came fools-and-foolishness remained
And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
failings
And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side.
followed himself king walked
The king himself has followed her, - / When she has walked before.
results politeness good-nature
Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.
men law justice
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.