HISTORY OF THE EARTH, 



AND 



ANIMATED NATURE. 



BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 



THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, HIS DESERTED VILLAGE, 



TRAVELLER, MISCELLANIES, S/-c. fyc. 



Adieu, sweet lurd ! to each fine feeling true, 

 Tby virtues many, and thy foibles few j 

 Those form VI to charm e'en vicious minds and these 

 With harmless mirth the social soul to please. 

 Another's woe thy heart could always melt; 

 None gave more free for none more deeply felt. 

 Sweet bard, adieu ! thy own harmonious lays 



Have sculptur'd out thy monument of praise > 

 Yes, these survive to time's remotest day ; 

 While drops the bust, and boastful tombs decay. 

 Reader, if number'd in the muse's train, 

 Go, tune the lyre, and imitate his strain : 

 But, if no poet thou, reverse the plan j 

 Depart in peace, and imitate the man. 



IN ONE VOLUME. 



EMBELLISHED WITH A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL AND APPROPRIATE 



DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY THE FIRST ARTISTS. 



NEW-YORK: 

 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THOMAS KINNERSLEY, 



OPPOSITE THE MANHATTAN BANK, BROADWAY. 



1825. 



