 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
 | William Heude - History - 1993 - 292 pages
...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,...skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies; My fortunes lead to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. CONTENTS. CHAP. I.... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 420 pages
...to secure them from that indifference with which things frequently contemplated are beheld. Impell'd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good...skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies. The Traveller sits him down (as he sometimes inelegantly expresses it) on an eminence of the Alps,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1996 - 228 pages
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 | Gregory A. Schirmer - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 460 pages
...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.9 The alienation experienced in this exile is not merely a point of view from which Goldsmith's... | |
 | Susan Glickman - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 234 pages
...Goldsmith's restless speaker has a similar experience in The Traveller (1764), confessing himself "Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue / Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view" (11.25-6).33 The poem, subtitled A Prospect of Society, places this figure on an Alpine ridge where... | |
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