Alas When Quotes
- As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Alas! When duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away. — Friedrich Schiller
- Alas! when passion is both meek and wild! — John Keats
- Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision...… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe