
“I am a parcel of vain strivings tied
By a chance bond together,”
"I am a parcel of vain strivings tied" http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/3247.html, st. 1 (1841)
Context: I am a parcel of vain strivings tied
By a chance bond together,
Dangling this way and that, their links
Were made so loose and wide,
Methinks,
For milder weather.