Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch ev… - Oliver Goldsmith

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Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame,
Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame.
Their level life is but a mouldering fire,
Unquenched by want, unfanned by strong desire.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and physician.

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Alternative Names: Oliver Goldsmit • Doctor Goldsmith • Oliverio Goldsmith • Oliverus Goldsmith • Olver Goldsmith • Olivier Goldsmith • Dottor Golssmith • Tom Telescope • Solomon Winlove • James Willington • Inspired Idiot

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