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... which clothes moral anger in imagery of an almost horrible grandeur ; and which , though it cannot coincide with the estimate of reason , yet could only flow from that worship of perfection which is the soul of all true poetry .
... which clothes moral anger in imagery of an almost horrible grandeur ; and which , though it cannot coincide with the estimate of reason , yet could only flow from that worship of perfection which is the soul of all true poetry .
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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 . As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each chair ...
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 . As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each chair ...
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O grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues , To pass the 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 ...
O grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues , To pass the 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 ...
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... swelled their strange expanse of sail ; So , when he 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 .
... swelled their strange expanse of sail ; So , when he 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 .
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So Scotia's Queen , as slowly dawned the day , ' Rose on her couch and gazed her soul away . Her eyes had blessed the beacon's glimmering height , That faintly tipt the feathery surge with light ; But now the morn with orient hues ...
So Scotia's Queen , as slowly dawned the day , ' Rose on her couch and gazed her soul away . Her eyes had blessed the beacon's glimmering height , That faintly tipt the feathery surge with light ; But now the morn with orient hues ...
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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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