The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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Page 67
... breathed his prayer , " Long may such goodness live ! " ' T was all he gave , ' t was all he had to give . Angels , when Mercy's mandate winged their flight , Had stopt to dwell with pleasure on the sight . But hark ! through those old ...
... breathed his prayer , " Long may such goodness live ! " ' T was all he gave , ' t was all he had to give . Angels , when Mercy's mandate winged their flight , Had stopt to dwell with pleasure on the sight . But hark ! through those old ...
Page 69
... breathed his firm yet fond adieu , Borne from his leafy hut , his carved canoe , And all his soul best loved such tears he shed , While each soft scene of summer - beauty fled . - 6 Long o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , PLEASURES ...
... breathed his firm yet fond adieu , Borne from his leafy hut , his carved canoe , And all his soul best loved such tears he shed , While each soft scene of summer - beauty fled . - 6 Long o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , PLEASURES ...
Page 73
... breathed , From sire to son with pious zeal bequeathed . When o'er the blasted heath the day declined , And on the scathed oak warred the winter - wind ; When not a distant taper's twinkling ray Gleamed o'er the furze to light him on ...
... breathed , From sire to son with pious zeal bequeathed . When o'er the blasted heath the day declined , And on the scathed oak warred the winter - wind ; When not a distant taper's twinkling ray Gleamed o'er the furze to light him on ...
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... breathed the eloquence of Truth ; Whose life , beyond preceptive wisdom , taught The great in conduct , and the pure in thought ; These still exist , by thee to Fame consigned , 2 Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From thee ...
... breathed the eloquence of Truth ; Whose life , beyond preceptive wisdom , taught The great in conduct , and the pure in thought ; These still exist , by thee to Fame consigned , 2 Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From thee ...
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... breathed a soft enchantment o'er his soul ! In every nerve he felt her blest control ! - What pure and white - winged agents of the sky , Who rule the springs of sacred sympathy , Inform congenial spirits when they meet ? Sweet is their ...
... breathed a soft enchantment o'er his soul ! In every nerve he felt her blest control ! - What pure and white - winged agents of the sky , Who rule the springs of sacred sympathy , Inform congenial spirits when they meet ? Sweet is their ...
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