 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
 | Joseph Payne - 1845
...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,...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And, placed on high... | |
 | James Caughey - 1845
...But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care; Impell'd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good,...alone, And find no spot of all the world my own." Although mymind sympathizes with the above, which in some respects is quite applicable, yet, mine is... | |
 | Theresa Dornay (fict.name.) - 1845
...point of sailing for Dover. l S CHAPTER VII. " 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." GOLDSMITII. IT was a cold, cheerless day in March when I left Calais, and as the packet neared the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 235 sidor
...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...and skies Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies — 28 My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Even now,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 527 sidor
...But me, not destined such delights to diare, My prime of life in wandering spent and core ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, fliei; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of oU the world my own* E'en now,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1914 - 294 sidor
...care, dragging behind him a lengthening chain which rivets him to his brother's blessed home life. ImpelTd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; After comparing the... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1914 - 294 sidor
...dragging behind him a lengthening chain which rivets him to his brother's blessed home life. Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good,...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. * E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; After comparing the... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 918 sidor
...But rae, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd ms Of past existence — wilt thou then forget That...that I, so long 151 A worshipper of Nature, hither 1:0 spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 918 sidor
...But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd . Sweet smiling village, loveliest of tbe lawn, Thy...tyrant's baud is seen, And desolation saddens all t foriune leads to traverse realms alone, And And 1:0 spot of all the world my own. K'en now, where Alpine... | |
 | John Adams - 1915 - 290 sidor
...notion of an ideal. You remember that Goldsmith, referring to the horizon, has the suggestive lines : "That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies." So the ideal allures from far, and when pursued proves as unattainable as the horizon. But it does... | |
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