The Deserted Village is a long poem by Oliver Goldsmith that was first published in 1770. The poem details a once-lovely town by the name of Auburn. At one point, it was the speaker’s nostalgic paradise. Now, though, Auburn has been altered by greed and modernization, causing its residents to desert the hamlet—much to the speaker’s chagrin. It is a social commentary that condemns the migration of people from rural areas to developed cities and America in pursuit of excessive wealth. The poet also expressed his concerns over the effects of the agricultural revolution, which resulted in the enclosure of arable land, often to form private parks or gardens.


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