'Miscellaneous Works', 1801, iv. 427.
Another is a couplet from Ovid, the fish
referred to being the 'scarus' or bream:--
Of all the fish that graze beneath the flood,
He, 'only', ruminates his former food.
'History of the Earth, etc.', 1774, iii. 6.
Bolton Corney also prints the translation from the 'Spectator', already
given in this volume. His last fragment is from the posthumous
translation of Scarron's 'Roman Comique':--
Thus, when soft love subdues the heart
With smiling hopes and chilling fears,
The soul rejects the aid of art,
And speaks in moments more than years.
'The Comic Romance of Monsieur Scarron', 1775, ii. 161.
It is unnecessary to refer to any other of the poems attributed to
Goldsmith. Mitford included in his edition a couple of quatrains
inserted in the 'Morning Chronicle' for April 3, 1800, which were said
to be by the poet; but they do not resemble his manner.
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