Samuel Garth: As distant prospects please us, but when near We find but desert rocks and fleeting air.

As distant prospects please us, but when near We find but desert rocks and fleet — Samuel Garth

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

Samuel Garth

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