Arts & Sciences

Oliver Goldsmith

by James McIntyre 1827–1906

From Poems (1889)

Arts & Sciences

Goldsmith wrote of deserted village,
Now again reduced to tillage,
Once happiest village of the plain,
The place you look for it in vain,
There but one man he doth make rich,
While hundreds struggle in the ditch,
His honest vicar of Wakefield,
Forever he will pleasure yield.

MLA

McIntyre, James. “Oliver Goldsmith.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mcintyre/107/.

Chicago

McIntyre, James. “Oliver Goldsmith.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mcintyre/107/.

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