('Imitated from the Spanish'.)
SURE 'twas by Providence design'd,
Rather in pity, than in hate,
That he should be, like Cupid, blind,
To save him from Narcissus' fate.
More verses by Oliver Goldsmith
- A New Simile
- The Village Schoolmaster
- The Deserted Village
- Memory
- An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog