Quote#Hope
Adieu, for him
Quote byMark Akenside · 1721–1770
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744), Book III, lines 173–178.
English (original)
Adieu, for him, The dull engagements of the bustling world! Adieu the sick impertinence of praise! And hope, and action! for with her alone, By streams and shades, to steal these sighing hours, Is all he asks, and all that fate can give!
— Mark Akenside
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