'
The poet Waller too--he adds--wished to die 'like the stag where
he was roused.' ('Life', 1871, ii. 202.)
l. 99. -----
"How happy he". 'How blest is he' in the first edition.
l. 102. -----
"And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly".
Mitford compares 'The Bee' for October 13, 1759, p. 56:--'By
struggling with misfortunes, we are sure to receive some wounds
in the conflict. The only method to come off victorious, is by
running away.'
l. 105. -----
"surly porter". Mr. J. M. Lobban compares the 'Citizen
of the World', 1762, i. 123:--'I never see a nobleman's door
half opened that some surly porter or footman does not stand
full in the breach.' ('Select Poems of Goldsmith', 1900, p. 98.)
l. 109. -----
"Bends". 'Sinks' in the first edition. "unperceived
decay". Cf. Johnson, 'Vanity of Human Wishes', 1749, l. 292:--
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away;
and 'Irene', Act ii, Sc.
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