 But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; 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,...  The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver ... - Page 24by William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Emily Dorothea Proud - Factory laws and legislation - 1916 - 400 pages
...; but it remains essentially the same. At the approach of law it moves further towards the ideaj, " That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, | Allures from far, yet, as we follow, flies." PART ll INTRODUCTION IN the development of industry which led to the Personal establishment... | |
 | Mervin James Curl - English language - 1919 - 338 pages
...revisit her. "But me not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care, Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting...alone, And find no spot of all the world my own." I spoke in a former lecture of that high courage which enabled Fielding, in spite of disease, remorse,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1919 - 106 pages
...share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care— ImpelFd, with steps unceasing, to pursue 25 Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That,...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. 30 Ev'n now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; And, plac'd on high... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - English poetry - 1919 - 572 pages
...not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care — 25 Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...flies; — My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, s0 And find no spot of all the world my own. Ev'n now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down... | |
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...But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care, Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. It is characteristic both of Goldsmith, and of the mosaic of memories which the poetic theories of... | |
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...And learn the luxury of doing good. GOLDSMITH— The Traveller. L. 22. (See also CRABBE) 11 Impell'd ts neighbor to embrace. POPE — Essay on Man. Ep....through Nature up to Nature's God. POP&T- Essay on GOLDSMITH— The Traveller. L. 25. 12 If goodness leade him not, yet wearinesse May tosse him to my... | |
 | John Buchan - English literature - 1923 - 746 pages
...figure, not unlike the Childe Harold of a later day : (Fr, Oliver Goldsmith. I faiiUitif by Sir Jfskua That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. In this spirit of pensive melancholy The Traveller tells of the countries he has visited in a vain... | |
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...to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care, Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue 25 while the Night Treads on thy sweeping train ; one hand employed 30 mind? RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down... | |
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