The Poems of Oliver GoldsmithTHRENODIA AUGUSTALISReading editionChapter navigation38 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACEILLUSTRATIONSTHE TRAVELLERTHE DESERTED VILLAGETHE CAPTIVITYRETALIATIONTHE GIFT TO IRISTHE LOGICIANS REFUTEDAN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG.37THRENODIA AUGUSTALISPART I.PART II.A NEW SIMILEON A BEAUTIFUL YOUTH STRUCK BLIND BY LIGHTNINGSTANZAS ON WOMANTRANSLATION FROM SCARRÒN.STANZAS ON THE TAKING OF QUEBECEPITAPH ON EDWARD PURDON.42TRANSLATION OF A SOUTH AMERICAN ODE.EPITAPH ON THOMAS PARNELL.DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR’S BED-CHAMBER.SONG FROM THE COMEDY OF “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.”ANSWER TO AN INVITATION TO DINNER.A SONGFROM THE LATIN OF VIDA.ANSWER TO AN INVITATION TO PASS THE CHRISTMAS AT BARTON.48ON SEEING A LADY PERFORM A CERTAIN CHARACTER.BIRDSA PROLOGUE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN BY THE POET LABERIUS, A ROMAN KNIGHT.PROLOGUE TO “ZOBEIDE,” A TRAGEDY.50EPILOGUE TO “THE SISTER,” A COMEDY.53EPILOGUE INTENDED FOR “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.”ANOTHER INTENDED EPILOGUEEPILOGUE TO THE COMEDY OF “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.”EPILOGUE TO “THE GOOD-NATURED MAN.”57ON THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. ——.60EPILOGUE WRITTEN FOR MR. CHARLES LEE LEWES.Previous chapter ←AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG.37Next chapter →PART I.All chapters and sections (38)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACEILLUSTRATIONSTHE TRAVELLERTHE DESERTED VILLAGETHE CAPTIVITYRETALIATIONTHE GIFT TO IRISTHE LOGICIANS REFUTEDAN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG.37THRENODIA AUGUSTALISParts12Part 2 · Other sectionsA NEW SIMILEON A BEAUTIFUL YOUTH STRUCK BLIND BY LIGHTNINGSTANZAS ON WOMANTRANSLATION FROM SCARRÒN.STANZAS ON THE TAKING OF QUEBECEPITAPH ON EDWARD PURDON.42TRANSLATION OF A SOUTH AMERICAN ODE.EPITAPH ON THOMAS PARNELL.DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR’S BED-CHAMBER.SONG FROM THE COMEDY OF “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.”ANSWER TO AN INVITATION TO DINNER.A SONGFROM THE LATIN OF VIDA.ANSWER TO AN INVITATION TO PASS THE CHRISTMAS AT BARTON.48ON SEEING A LADY PERFORM A CERTAIN CHARACTER.BIRDSA PROLOGUE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN BY THE POET LABERIUS, A ROMAN KNIGHT.PROLOGUE TO “ZOBEIDE,” A TRAGEDY.50EPILOGUE TO “THE SISTER,” A COMEDY.53EPILOGUE INTENDED FOR “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.”ANOTHER INTENDED EPILOGUEEPILOGUE TO THE COMEDY OF “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.”EPILOGUE TO “THE GOOD-NATURED MAN.”57ON THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. ——.60EPILOGUE WRITTEN FOR MR. CHARLES LEE LEWES.SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCESS DOWAGER OF WALES.38◇Notes in this chapterNote 1 · Mother of King George III.; she died February 8th, 1772.← AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG.37PART I. →