Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all... Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell - Pagina 2door Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 68 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1836 - 924 pagina’s
...precipice, and returned to Gavarnie, puzzling myself how it was to be accomplished. J THE BRECHE DE ROLAND. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive boar to spend. And placed on high above the storm's career, Look downward where a hundred realms appear,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 602 pagina’s
...unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding rarth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow flies;...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own."—TRAVELLER.] raise my compassion for their miseries, were not my thoughts too busily engaged... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pagina’s
...Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like e to you), rearms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1837 - 558 pagina’s
...their luxury was doing good." In the succeeding passage, alluding to his wanderings, we find — " My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own." Prior, in lines written in Robe's Geography, says — " My destin'd miles I shall have gone, By Thames... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 618 pagina’s
...to pursue Some fleeting Rood, that mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding i arth ind skies. Allures from far, yet, as I follow flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, Ar.d find ro ipot of all the world my own." — TRAVFM.VH.] raise my compassion for their miseries,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pagina’s
...self-dependent pow'r can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. PROM THE TRAVELLER. EV'N now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And plac'd on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear . Lakes, forests,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pagina’s
...self-dependent pow'r can time defy. As rocks resist the billows and the sky. • PBOM I'HK TRAVELLER. EV'N now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And plac'd on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes, forests,... | |
| sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pagina’s
...Venice, where the laws govern the poor and the rich govern the law." And again the simile — " like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet as I follow, flies," appears likewise in the novel: — " And though death, the only friend of the wretched, for a little... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1837 - 600 pagina’s
...Venice, where the laws govern the poor and the rich govern the law." And again the simile — " like the circle bounding earth and skies. Allures from far, yet as I follow, flies," appears likewise in the novel : — "And though death, the only friend of the wretched, for a little... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pagina’s
...ImpelFd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ;(*' That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; (5) (1) [" The farther I travel, I feel the pain of separation with stronger force; those ties that... | |
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