 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 Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ... - Sida 12efter Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 148 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1916 - 86 sidor
...stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue 25 Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view, —...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. 30 Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And placed on high... | |
 | Mervin James Curl - 1919 - 312 sidor
..."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 good...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 - 80 sidor
...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... | |
 | ...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... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922
...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 - 1923 - 675 sidor
...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... | |
 | 1890
...would compare favourably with any that existed at Melton in that hypothetical golden age — " Which, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as we follow, flies." Thus far the want of stamina in the thoroughbred — which is an undoubted fact... | |
 | British and foreign school society - 1872
...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...alone, And find no spot of all the world my own." History. — Describe the law-courts and modes of trials of the Anglo-Saxons. Give a brief sketch of... | |
 | Medical Association of the State of Alabama - 1889
...of orange groves, western blizzards or northern snows, I have followed the brilliant ignis fatuus, "that, like the circle bounding earth and skies, allures from far, yet as I follow flies," and no man, however much married, is a more competent witness to the power and prowess of woman. I... | |
 | Ram Chandra Prasad - 1980 - 382 sidor
...CHAPTER VI THOMAS CORY AT (1612—1617) That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, as I follow, flies; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. — GOLDSMITH Of all the English travellers of the seventeenth century who went to India and recorded... | |
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