The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel RogersPhillips, Sampson, 1854 - 460 pages |
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... thine own . " This eulogy Moore thinks the disinterested and deliberate result of the young poet's judgment , as at that time he had never seen Rogers * It would be superfluous to recall to the mind of the reader the authors of " The ...
... thine own . " This eulogy Moore thinks the disinterested and deliberate result of the young poet's judgment , as at that time he had never seen Rogers * It would be superfluous to recall to the mind of the reader the authors of " The ...
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... ; Then steal away , give little warning , Choose thine own time ; Say not good - night , but , in some happier clime , Bid me good - morning . ' It makes the thought of death cheerful to represent it 56 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
... ; Then steal away , give little warning , Choose thine own time ; Say not good - night , but , in some happier clime , Bid me good - morning . ' It makes the thought of death cheerful to represent it 56 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
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... thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' t was thine perchance the first to die , Crushed by her meagre hand when welcomed from the sky . X Hark ! the bee winds her small but mellow horn , 25 Blithe to salute the sunny smile of morn ...
... thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' t was thine perchance the first to die , Crushed by her meagre hand when welcomed from the sky . X Hark ! the bee winds her small but mellow horn , 25 Blithe to salute the sunny smile of morn ...
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... bidden blush employ At Faro - routs that dazzle to destroy ; Fan with affected ease the essenced air , And lisp of fashions with unmeaning stare . Be thine to meditate an humbler flight , When morning 102 EPISTLE TO A FRIEND .
... bidden blush employ At Faro - routs that dazzle to destroy ; Fan with affected ease the essenced air , And lisp of fashions with unmeaning stare . Be thine to meditate an humbler flight , When morning 102 EPISTLE TO A FRIEND .
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Samuel Rogers Epes Sargent. Be thine to meditate an humbler flight , When morning fills the fields with rosy light ; Be thine to blend , nor thine a vulgar aim , Repose with dignity , with Quiet fame . Here no state - chambers in long ...
Samuel Rogers Epes Sargent. Be thine to meditate an humbler flight , When morning fills the fields with rosy light ; Be thine to blend , nor thine a vulgar aim , Repose with dignity , with Quiet fame . Here no state - chambers in long ...
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admirable Æschylus age to age ancient beautiful blessed blest breathe bright called CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus cried dark delight dream earth EPES SARGENT Euripides eyes father fear feeling fled flowers forever gaze genius GENOA glows gone grave grove hand heard heart heaven Hist holy hour inspire Italy light live look Lord Lord Byron Lord Holland Lord Landsdowne Madame de Staël Memory mind musing nature night o'er once passed Petrarch pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Rembrandt rise Rogers round sacred sail Samuel Rogers sate says scene seen shade shifting sail shine shore sigh silent sing sitting sleep smile song soon soul spirit stood sung sweet taste tears thee thine things thou thought Titian triumphs turned VENICE verse voice wander wave weep whence wild wind wings young youth
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Page 222 - MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 325 - Stop at a palace near the Reggio-gate, Dwelt in of old by one of the Orsini. Its noble gardens, terrace above terrace, And rich in fountains, statues, cypresses, Will long detain...
Page 205 - Cabrieres which till then he neglected it is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself he tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects and humbles them at the instant makes them cry complain and repent yea even to hate their...
Page 446 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 205 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 327 - Orsini lived ; and long might'st thou have seen An old man wandering as in quest of something, Something he could not find — he knew not what.
Page 56 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good Night,— but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 404 - Awful memorials, but of whom we know not ! The seaman, passing, gazes from the deck. The buffalo-driver, in his shaggy cloak, Points to the work of magic and moves on. Time was they stood along the crowded street, Temples of gods ! and on their ample steps What various habits, various tongues, beset The brazen gates for prayer and sacrifice...
Page 207 - ... labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 28 - Ward has no heart, they say; but I deny it ; He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.