"But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. / As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, / Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, / Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, / Eternal sunshine settles on its head."
The Deserted Village
At least 71 entries in ESTC (1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1775, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1786, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800). Complicated publication history: consult William B. Todd, "The Private Issues of the Deserted Village," in <u>Studies in Bibliography</u> 6 (1954), 25-44.<br>
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<u>The Deserted Village, a Poem. By Dr Goldsmith.</u> (London: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine Street, Strand, 1770). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW114134914&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO [false imprint]</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Poems and Plays. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. to Which Is Prefixed, the Life of the Author.</u> (Dublin: Printed for Wm. Wilson, 1777). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004771299.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Roger Lonsdale's <u>The Poems of Thomas Gray, William Collins, and Oliver Goldsmith</u> (London and New York: Longman and Norton, 1972). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:po:Z200379924:2">Link to LION</a>&gt;