Poem by Oliver Goldsmith

On a Beautiful Youth, Struck Blind by Lightning

Sure’t was by Providence design’d
	Rather in pity than in hate,
That he should be, like Cupid, blind,
	To save him from Narcissus’ fate.

1. Italy
2. On Seeing a Lady Perform a Certain Character
3. From the Latin of Vida
4. Answer to an Invitation to Pass the Christmas at Barton
5. The Traveller

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