 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...view j That, like the circle bounding earth and skies*. Allures from far, yet as I follow flies ; Me fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no...ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And plac'd on high, above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear : Lakes, forests,... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 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 an hundred realms appear ; Lakes, forests,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...follow, flics ; My fortune lends to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Ev'n now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down...an hundred realms appear ; Lakes, forests, cities, plaint*, extending wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride. When thus creation's charms... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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. Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend : And, plac'd on high,... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1831 - 366 pages
...pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me wkh 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. The Syntax of this passage connects the penult line with the first, " But my fortune leads me to traverse,"... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1836 - 150 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,... | |
 | George Payne Rainsford James - English fiction - 1836 - 250 pages
...precipice, and returned to Gavarnie, puzzling myself how it was to be accomplished. THE BRECHE DE ROLAND. " E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me...high above the storm's career, Look downward where a hundred realms appear, Lakes, forests, cities, plains extended wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 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...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 ?... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse rearms gone : — and yet some pity fix, The English laws...lord, for your venison, for fineror fatter Never pride. When thus Creation's charms around combine, Amidst the store should thankless pride repine?... | |
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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,... 
