_Virgil and Goldsmith._--The same beautiful thought is traceable in both
Virgil and Goldsmith. In book iii. of the _AEneid_, lines 495-6. we read:
"Vobis parta quies; nullum maris aequor arandum;
Arva neque Ausoniae, _semper cedentia retro_,
_Quaerenda_."
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,
Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ----"