English Poetry. Oliver Goldsmith. From the Latin of Vida. Оливер Голдсмит.

Oliver Goldsmith (Оливер Голдсмит)

From the Latin of Vida

Say, heavenly muse, their youthful frays rehearse;
Begin, ye daughters of immortal verse.
Exulting rocks have own’d the power of song,
And rivers listen’d as they flow’d along.

Oliver Goldsmith’s other poems:

1. Answer to an Invitation to Pass the Christmas at Barton
2. On Seeing a Lady Perform a Certain Character
3. Song, from the Comedy of “She Stoops to Conquer”
4. A Sonnet
5. The Double Transformation

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