 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...pursue Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view, That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies — My fortune...ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And plac'd on high, above the storm's career, Look downward where a hundred realms appear — Lakes, forests,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...pursue Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view, That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies — My fortune...ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And plac'd on high, above the storm's career, Look downward where a hundred realms appear — Lakes, forests,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pages
...pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view, That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Exercises, [In the following extracts, the student may point out the peculiarities of POETIC DIcTION,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 pages
...pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view, That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies : My fortune...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. 4 E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And, placed on high... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view, That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies; My fortune...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Exercises. \Xn the following extracts, the student 'may point out tke peculiarities of POETIC DICTION,... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1851 - 570 pages
...is a world above Where parting is unknown, A whole eternity of love Formed for the good alone. rv. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me...And placed on high above the storm's career, Look downwards where a hundred realms appear: Lakes, forests, cities, plains, extending wide, The pomp of... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...Traveller. Ev'n now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; And plac'd on high above the storm's career, Look downward where...extending wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride. When thus creation's charms around combine, Amidst the store, should thankless pride repine?... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...25 Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view, That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own, 36 E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; 1 Au inland and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 pages
...pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune...ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And, plac'd on high above the storm's career, Look downward where a hundred realms appear : ' The farther... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...flies; 4 My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. 8 Ev'n now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down...career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear; 1 "Blent be those feasts where mirth and peace abound." First, second, and third edition*. 2 Imii.—"Hard... | |
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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,... 
