 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before 'life be done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps...vision, is happier far Than the Half-Sage, whose course, lix'il no frieiiilly star Is by each star distracted in turn, and who knows Each will stiil be as distant... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1860 - 366 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before lile be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps from the hopes which around him he A harvest of barren regrets. And the worm That crawls on in the dust to the definite term Of its creeping... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1868 - 364 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps...vision, is happier far Than the Half-Sage, whose course, fix'd by no friendly star, Is by each star distracted in turn, and who knows Each will still be as... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1868 - 352 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one. May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps...vision, is happier far Than the Half-Sage, whose course, fix'd by no friendly star, Is by each star distracted in turn, and who knows Each will still be as... | |
 | 1868 - 834 pages
...thing in life, and only one, May hope to win it ere life be done ; But he who seeks all things where'er he goes Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows, A harvest of barren regrets." Were I to sum up in one sentence, advice upon which to found your hopes of future success, it would... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1902 - 650 pages
...'The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done; But he who seeks all things wherever he goes, Only reaps from the harvest which around him he sows: A harvest of barren regrets." We have set forth some of the laws... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1869 - 266 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps...worm That crawls on in the dust to the definite term 21 22 Of its creeping existence, and sees nothing more Than the path it pursues till its creeping be... | |
 | Robert Bulwer-Lytton Lytton (1st earl of) - 1872 - 272 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps...Than the path it pursues till its creeping be o'er, 111 its limited vision, is happier far Than the Half-Sage, whose course, fix'd by no friendly star,... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1872 - 366 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps from the hopes which around him ha sows A harvest of barren regrets. And the worm That crawls on in the dust to the definite term Of... | |
 | Mrs. M. C. Despard - 1874 - 332 pages
...The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps,...which around him he sows, A harvest of barren regrets. BLANCHE, in the mean time, wide awake, and quite the traveller, was enjoying a breakfast of steaming... | |
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The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one. May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows A harvest of barren regrets. 
