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 ... - Página 12por Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 148 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 páginas
...Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering...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,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 páginas
...some mournful tale; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures...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,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 páginas
...mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good. Impell'd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the viewl That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd with steps unceasinc to punue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ;...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, plac'd on high... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...prime of life in wandering spent and care— Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some 8ecting Sies; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Ev'n now,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 páginas
...me, not destin'd snch delights to share, My prime of life in wand'ring spent, and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view j That, like the circle bounding earth and skies*. Allures from far, yet as I follow flies ; Me fortune... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...steps uneeasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that moeks me with the view ; That, like the eirele ; U y fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Ev'n now, where... | |
| 1826 - 300 páginas
...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. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ;, And plac'd on high,... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 páginas
...gratification of a malignant disposition ; hence it is a strong expression when used figuratively ; ItnpelTd with steps unceasing to pursue Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view. GOLDSMITH. Although ridicule is not the test of truth, and ought not to be employed in the place of... | |
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