"As distant prospects please us, but when near We find but desert rocks and fleeting air"

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Source : Sir Samuel Garth, Samuel Johnson (1807). “The Poetical Works of Sir Samuel Garth: With the Life of the Author, by Samuel Johnson”, p.44

Samuel Garth

#Rocks Quotes #Air Quotes #Desert Quotes

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