—The same beautiful thought is traceable in both Virgil and Goldsmith. In book iii. of the Æneid, lines 495-6. we read:
"Vobis parta quies; nullum maris æquor arandum;
Arva neque Ausoniæ, semper cedentia retro,
Quærenda."
In the Traveller these lines occur:
"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,