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Page 10
... trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets , cased with venerable rust ; Those once - loved forms , still breathing thro ...
... trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets , cased with venerable rust ; Those once - loved forms , still breathing thro ...
Page 14
... trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble thro ' the ring , When the heart danced , and life was in ...
... trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble thro ' the ring , When the heart danced , and life was in ...
Page 15
... pass the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the soul . Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain , Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain . 1 Awake but one , and lo , what myriads 15.
... pass the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the soul . Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain , Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain . 1 Awake but one , and lo , what myriads 15.
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... trace the truth sublime ' ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal Sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion hung , Y Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing ...
... trace the truth sublime ' ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal Sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion hung , Y Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing ...
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... trace The father's features in his infant face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the ...
... trace The father's features in his infant face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the ...
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age to age antient bids bless blest blush breast breathe bright calm CANTO charm Cicero Columbus controul Cortes courser dark delight desert shore dream father fear fled flowers fond gaze gentle glad gliding glory glows gold grave grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herrera holy hope and fear hour human voice hung inspire light live look lumbus Maximian melt mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once pensive Petrarch pleasure rapture resigned rise round sacred sail says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sire sleep slumbers smile song soon sorrow soul sphere spirit spring steals sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro Tigranes trace trembling triumphs truth Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb voice Voyage wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings youth