Show poorly pa d for great work oliver goldsmith WAS an underpaid man from start to finish fifty pounds tor for the vicar of Wake wakened flold was bad enough yet tor for the travel er he got but 20 and 95 5 25 tor for his english grammar for por the deserted village however his publisher sent him guineas this he at once returned with the message it Is too much it Is near five shillings a couplet which is more than any bookseller can afford or in deed any modern poetry Is worth so he be died with 10 worth of debts was ever poet so trusted before said dr johnson |