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We transcribe the stanzas in which the poet describes the subject of this sketch : " How freshly doth my mind recall , ' Mong the few days I've known with thee , One that most buoyantly of all Floats in the wake of memory !
We transcribe the stanzas in which the poet describes the subject of this sketch : " How freshly doth my mind recall , ' Mong the few days I've known with thee , One that most buoyantly of all Floats in the wake of memory !
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-to thee belong The sage's precept and the poet's song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , Long on the wave reflected lustres play ...
-to thee belong The sage's precept and the poet's song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , Long on the wave reflected lustres play ...
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Ages and climes remote to thee impart What charms in Genius and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hands the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals ...
Ages and climes remote to thee impart What charms in Genius and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hands the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals ...
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... Devout yet cheerful , active yet resigned ; Grant me , like thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present With modest dignity and calm content .
... Devout yet cheerful , active yet resigned ; Grant me , like thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present With modest dignity and calm content .
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In vain , alas ! a village friend invites To simple comforts and domestic rites , When the gay months of Carnival resume Their annual round of glitter and perfume ; When London hails thee to its splendid mart , Its hives of sweets and ...
In vain , alas ! a village friend invites To simple comforts and domestic rites , When the gay months of Carnival resume Their annual round of glitter and perfume ; When London hails thee to its splendid mart , Its hives of sweets and ...
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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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