The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still through the gloom thy star serenely glows Like yon fair orb she gilds the brow of Night With the mild magic of reflected light . ' " The conclusion of the fine passage on the Veterans ...
... clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still through the gloom thy star serenely glows Like yon fair orb she gilds the brow of Night With the mild magic of reflected light . ' " The conclusion of the fine passage on the Veterans ...
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... cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Power , Snatch the rich relics of a well - spent hour ? These , when the trembling spirit ...
... cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Power , Snatch the rich relics of a well - spent hour ? These , when the trembling spirit ...
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... 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 . Awake but one , and , lo ! what myriads rise ! * Each stamps ...
... 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 . Awake but one , and , lo ! what myriads rise ! * Each stamps ...
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... cloud is past . Survey the globe , each ruder realm explore ; From Reason's faintest ray to NEWTON soar . What different spheres to human bliss assigned ! What slow gradations in the scale of mind ! Yet , mark in each these mystic ...
... cloud is past . Survey the globe , each ruder realm explore ; From Reason's faintest ray to NEWTON soar . What different spheres to human bliss assigned ! What slow gradations in the scale of mind ! Yet , mark in each these mystic ...
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... clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back the joys of youth , Warm as the life , and with the mirror's truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's sigh ; " This makes him wish to live , and dare to ...
... clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back the joys of youth , Warm as the life , and with the mirror's truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's sigh ; " This makes him wish to live , and dare to ...
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