Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Oliver Goldsmith. 17281774468. Memory
O MEMORY, thou fond deceiver, | |
Still importunate and vain, | |
To former joys recurring ever, | |
And turning all the past to pain: | |
Thou, like the world, th’ oppress’d oppressing, | 5 |
Thy smiles increase the wretch’s woe: | |
And he who wants each other blessing | |
In thee must ever find a foe. |