The Traveller (poem)
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The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society (1764) is a philosophical poem by novelist Oliver Goldsmith. In heroic verse of an Augustan style it discusses the causes of happiness and unhappiness in nations. It was the work which first made Goldsmith's name, and is still considered a classic of mid-18th-century poetry.
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The Traveller | |
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by Oliver Goldsmith | |
Publisher | John Newbery |
Publication date | 1764 |
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For another poem with the same title, see James Dillet Freeman.