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... And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When 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 .
... And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When 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 .
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... by ruffian hands , when smiling in its sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye1 Marked each pure thought , ere registered on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round .
... by ruffian hands , when smiling in its sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye1 Marked each pure thought , ere registered on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round .
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The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What though the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue and ...
The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What though the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue and ...
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Hark ! the bee winds her small but mellow horn , 25 Blithe to salute the sunny smile of morn . O'er thymy downs she bends her busy course , And many a stream allures her to its source . ' Tis noon , ' t is night .
Hark ! the bee winds her small but mellow horn , 25 Blithe to salute the sunny smile of morn . O'er thymy downs she bends her busy course , And many a stream allures her to its source . ' Tis noon , ' t is night .
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From thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect ...
From thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect ...
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| Title | The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes British poets Making of America |
| Author | Samuel Rogers |
| Editor | Epes Sargent |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 460 pages |
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