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Oliver Goldsmith. (1730?–1774) (continued)

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    Hope, like the gleaming taper’s light,
  Adorns and cheers our way; 1
And still, as darker grows the night,
  Emits a brighter ray.

The Captivity. Act ii.

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Our Garrick ’s a salad; for in him we see
Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!

Retaliation. Line 11.

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Who mix’d reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth:
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.

Retaliation. Line 24.

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Who, born for the universe, narrow’d his mind,
And to party gave up what was meant for mankind;
Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat
To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote.
Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining,
And thought of convincing while they thought of dining:
Though equal to all things, for all things unfit;
Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.

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His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.

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A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.

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Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can,
An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

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As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.

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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting;
’T was only that when he was off he was acting.

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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack,
For he knew when he pleas’d he could whistle them back.

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Who pepper’d the highest was surest to please.

Retaliation. Line 112.

Note 1.
Hope, like the taper’s gleamy light,
Adorns the wretch’s way.
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