THE

BEAUTIES

O F

ENGLISH POESY.

THE

BEAUTIES

O F

ENGLISH POES Y.

SELECTED BY

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

IN TWO VOLUME S.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

Printed for WILLIAM GRIFFIN, in Catharine
Street in the Strand.

MDCCLXVII.

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THE

AUTIES

O F

ENGLISH POES.

B

A

NIGHT-PIECE,

ON DEATH.

The great fault of this piece, written by Dr. Parnell, is, that it is in eight fyllable lines, very improper for the folemnity of the fubject; otherwife, the poem is natural, and the reflections juft.

Y the blue taper's trembling light

No
more I waste the wakeful night,
Intent with endless view to pore

The fchoolmen and the fages o'er:
Their books from wisdom widely ftray,
Or point, at best, the longest way.

VOL. II.

B