The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... " The first poem in this collection , " he says , " does not fall within the province of our criticism . It has been published many years , and has ac- quired that sort of popularity which is , perhaps , 28 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
... " The first poem in this collection , " he says , " does not fall within the province of our criticism . It has been published many years , and has ac- quired that sort of popularity which is , perhaps , 28 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
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... falls more strictly within the line of our critical duty than our general remarks can always be said to do ; because the true character and poetical effect of the work seems , in this instance , to depend much more on its moral ...
... falls more strictly within the line of our critical duty than our general remarks can always be said to do ; because the true character and poetical effect of the work seems , in this instance , to depend much more on its moral ...
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... fall . But can her smile with gloomy Madness dwell ? Say , can she chase the horrors of his cell ? Each fiery flight on Frenzy's wing restrain , And mould the coinage of the fevered brain ? Pass but that grate , which scarce a gleam ...
... fall . But can her smile with gloomy Madness dwell ? Say , can she chase the horrors of his cell ? Each fiery flight on Frenzy's wing restrain , And mould the coinage of the fevered brain ? Pass but that grate , which scarce a gleam ...
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... fall On every broken arch and ivied wall ; The tender images we love to trace Steal from each year a melancholy grace ! And as the sparks of social love expand , As the heart opens in a foreign land ; And with a brother's warmth , a ...
... fall On every broken arch and ivied wall ; The tender images we love to trace Steal from each year a melancholy grace ! And as the sparks of social love expand , As the heart opens in a foreign land ; And with a brother's warmth , a ...
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... Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived his design among the ruins of the Capitol ; * and to the tones of a Welsh harp are we indebted for the Bard of Gray . • " It was on the 15th of October , 1764 , as I sat musing there , while the ...
... Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived his design among the ruins of the Capitol ; * and to the tones of a Welsh harp are we indebted for the Bard of Gray . • " It was on the 15th of October , 1764 , as I sat musing there , while the ...
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