THE POEMS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH THE POEMS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH THE POEMS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. THE POEMS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. EDITED BY ROBERT ARIS WILLMOTT, AUTHOR OF THE “PLEASURES OF LITERATURE,” “SUMMER TIME IN THE COUNTRY,” ETC., ETC. ROBERT ARIS WILLMOTT, AUTHOR OF THE “PLEASURES OF LITERATURE,” “SUMMER TIME IN THE COUNTRY,” ETC., ETC. A NEW EDITION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY BIRKET FOSTER AND H. N. HUMPHREYS, PRINTED IN COLOURS BY EDMUND EVANS. A NEW EDITION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY PRINTED IN COLOURS BY EDMUND EVANS. LONDON AND NEW YORK GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS. 1877. GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS. EDMUND EVANS ENGRAVER & PRINTER ix ix PREFACE Oliver Goldsmith, the fifth child of Charles and Ann Goldsmith, was born at Pallas, a hamlet of the parish of Forney, county of Longford, Ireland, November 10th, 1728. His father, the “Preacher” of the “Deserted Village,” having been presented to the Rectory of Kilkenny-West, about the year 1730, removed his family to Lissoy, the “Auburn” of the Poet. The “modest mansion” is a ruin, or, by this time, has quite disappeared. His first schoolmaster is
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