 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
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, m» given in MS. by Dr. Goldsmith to Dr. Percy (Idle Bishop of Dromon); but for what rearms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pages
...me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care • ImpelFd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 614 pages
...But me, not destln'd such delights to share, My prime uf life in wandering spent and care: Impeird, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow flics: My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, Ar.d find no spot of all the world my own." — TRAVKI.LEH.]... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 602 pages
...But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care: Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding rarth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow flies; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pages
...But me, not destin'd such delights to share, My prime of life In wandering spent and care: Impcll'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding t arth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow flic? : My fortune leads to traverse realms alone,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 558 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 534 pages
...• Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ;(4) That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; (3) (1) [" The farther I travel, I feel the pain of separation with stronger force; those ties that... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors, English - 1837 - 600 pages
...or 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 - 604 pages
...or 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... | |
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