The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... remained the same through life . It was in the year 1798 that Rogers published " An Epistle to a Friend , with other Poems , " and he did not appear again as an author till the year 1812 , when he ventured before the world with a frag ...
... remained the same through life . It was in the year 1798 that Rogers published " An Epistle to a Friend , with other Poems , " and he did not appear again as an author till the year 1812 , when he ventured before the world with a frag ...
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... remained most deeply impressed on our minds . We should be disposed to quote the following verses , as not surpassed , in pure and chaste elegance , by any English lines : When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And Hope's ...
... remained most deeply impressed on our minds . We should be disposed to quote the following verses , as not surpassed , in pure and chaste elegance , by any English lines : When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And Hope's ...
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... remained as a mere sport of fancy , without the seriousness of an object , or an application . The verses written in Westminster Abbey are surrounded by dangerous recol- lections ; they aspire to commemorate Fox , and to copy some of ...
... remained as a mere sport of fancy , without the seriousness of an object , or an application . The verses written in Westminster Abbey are surrounded by dangerous recol- lections ; they aspire to commemorate Fox , and to copy some of ...
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... remained of the rich tapestry ; Much of the adventures of SIR LAUNCELOT In the green glades of some enchanted wood . The toilet - table was of silver wrought , Florentine art , when Florence was renowned ; A gay confusion of the ...
... remained of the rich tapestry ; Much of the adventures of SIR LAUNCELOT In the green glades of some enchanted wood . The toilet - table was of silver wrought , Florentine art , when Florence was renowned ; A gay confusion of the ...
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... remained But to give thanks ? Twelve breast - plates and twe crowns , By the young victors to their patron - saint Vowed in the field , inestimable gifts Flaming with gems and gold , were in due time 103 Laid at his feet ; and ever to ...
... remained But to give thanks ? Twelve breast - plates and twe crowns , By the young victors to their patron - saint Vowed in the field , inestimable gifts Flaming with gems and gold , were in due time 103 Laid at his feet ; and ever to ...
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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.