TWA Poets: Oliver Goldsmith

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It’s the birthday of writer Oliver Goldsmith; his exact date and the location of birth are uncertain, but he was probably born on this day in Pallas, Ireland, in 1730. He went to Trinity College in Dublin, but he wasn’t doing very well at school, and he was so frustrated that he decided to immigrate to America. He was all set to go, but he missed his sh…