Oliver Goldsmith - Selected Writings Author:Oliver Goldsmith, John Lucas (Editor) Oliver Goldsmith's wit, civility of tone, and adroit handling of form are on display in this selection of writing that also presents the author's moral seriousness which is as necessary to 21st-century society as it was to his own. — Table of Contents: — Introduction — p. 7 — A Note on the Texts — p. 14 — A Prologue... — p. 15 — On a Beautiful Y... more »outh Struck Blind with Lightning
p. 15
The Gift
p. 16
A Sonnet
p. 16
An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize
p. 17
The Double Transformation
p. 18
Description of an Author's Bed-chamber
p. 21
On Seeing Mrs. *** Perform in the Character of ***
p. 22
On the Death of the Right Honourable ***
p. 22
An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
p. 23
Stanzas on Woman
p. 25
Edwin and Angelina
p. 25
Songs
p. 31
The Traveller
p. 32
A New Simile
p. 44
Verses in Reply to an Invitation...
p. 46
Epitaph on Edward Purdon
p. 47
Epilogue to The Good-Natured Man
p. 48
Epilogue to The Sister
p. 49
The Deserted Village
p. 51
Epitaph on Dr. Parnell
p. 63
The Haunch of Venison
p. 63
Prologue to Zobeide
p. 67
Song
p. 68
Epilogue to She Stoops to Conquer
p. 68
Epilogue spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes...
p. 70
Retaliation
p. 71
[On Ovid's Epistles]
p. 77
From An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe