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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith
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A Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet La berius, a Roman Knight Whom Caesar forced upon the Stage.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet La berius, a Roman Knight Whom Caesar forced upon the Stage.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- GenresPoetry
228 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1764
About the author
Oliver Goldsmith
3,557 books164 followersLiterary reputation of Irish-born British writer Oliver Goldsmith rests on his novel
The Vicar of Wakefield
(1766), the pastoral poem
The Deserted Village
(1770), and the dramatic comedy
She Stoops to Conquer
(1773).
This Anglo-Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, and essayist wrote, translated, or compiled more than forty volumes. Good sense, moderation, balance, order, and intellectual honesty mark the works for which people remember him.
This Anglo-Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, and essayist wrote, translated, or compiled more than forty volumes. Good sense, moderation, balance, order, and intellectual honesty mark the works for which people remember him.
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September 29, 2026
‘The Deserted Village’ is great. Real masterpiece.
‘The Haunch of Venison’ is a bit more difficult. There’s a lot of broken up words, I didn’t quite understand what they represented or why they were there… though there’s something quite interesting about this poem. He seems to invite Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke to dinner, neither of which can make it so instead he has a Scotsman and a Jew.
‘The Double Transformation’ is really good. A marriage that starts happy and transforms for the worse, then transforms again after the wife gets an illness. This one’s well worth reading slowly in full.
‘The Haunch of Venison’ is a bit more difficult. There’s a lot of broken up words, I didn’t quite understand what they represented or why they were there… though there’s something quite interesting about this poem. He seems to invite Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke to dinner, neither of which can make it so instead he has a Scotsman and a Jew.
‘The Double Transformation’ is really good. A marriage that starts happy and transforms for the worse, then transforms again after the wife gets an illness. This one’s well worth reading slowly in full.
September 27, 2026
4/5 stars as a collection, but the longest three by themselves are epics. I particularly enjoyed Vida’s Game of Chess, though I know that one was “only” a translation.
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