 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 páginas
...hopes and pleasures fled ; And,'mid thy haunted loneliness, the mind LETTERS ON A TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. now where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend. GOLDSMITH. WE arrived at Orbe, from Dijon, by way of Salins and Pontarlier— a road full of beauty,... | |
 | 1822 - 592 páginas
...the past— still round thee glows and gleams. J. ' ( 22 ) I.ETTKKS OS A TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Kv'n now where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend. GULDSHITU. WE arrived at Orbe, from Dijon, by way of Salins and Pontarlier — a road full of beauty,... | |
 | A. Yosy - 1823 - 304 páginas
...TTW. JE .' ) l &tt SUpme " E'en now, while Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend."— Goldsmith. AN SUGGESTED BY CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH OCCURRED TOWARDS THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE Century, BY... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...and care ; Impell'd with steps unceasinc to punue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; 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, plac'd on high... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...and care— Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some 8ecting good, that mocks me with the view; p Sies; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Ev'n now,... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 páginas
...ESTEEM AND RESPECT, THE AUTHOR LETTER I. MEDITATION ON THE TOP OF THE DOME OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And, placed on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes, forests,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 598 páginas
...kind could increase the sum of enjoyment. When we read those well-known lines of the Traveller, " Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And, placed on nigh above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear : Lakes, forests,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 páginas
...fragrance o'er the wild." Autumn, v. 202. Goldsmith very pathetically applies a similar image : " E'en now where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast." Traveller.... | |
 | 1824 - 624 páginas
...kind could increase the sum of enjoyment. When we read those well-known lines of the Traveller, " Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour (o spend ; And, placed on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear... | |
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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,... 
