The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... breathing characters , the splendid imagery and bewitching fancy , of Shakspeare himself , are less frequently recalled , than those great moral aphorisms in which he has so often Told us the fashion of our own estate , The secrets of ...
... breathing characters , the splendid imagery and bewitching fancy , of Shakspeare himself , are less frequently recalled , than those great moral aphorisms in which he has so often Told us the fashion of our own estate , The secrets of ...
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... breathing from the myrtle wreaths of a muse , whom displicant nexæ philyrâ coronæ , ' yet , unlike what we felt inclined to blame in Jac- queline ' and the Human Life , ' we see nothing that reminds us of individual traits in another ...
... breathing from the myrtle wreaths of a muse , whom displicant nexæ philyrâ coronæ , ' yet , unlike what we felt inclined to blame in Jac- queline ' and the Human Life , ' we see nothing that reminds us of individual traits in another ...
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... the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round . As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each chair awakes the feelings of a friend . The storied arras , source of fond delight , With 64 PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
... the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round . As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each chair awakes the feelings of a friend . The storied arras , source of fond delight , With 64 PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
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... breathing through their dust , Still , from the frame in mould gigantic cast , Starting to life - all whisper of the Past ! As through the garden's desert paths I rove , What fond illusions swarm in every grove ! How oft , when purple ...
... breathing through their dust , Still , from the frame in mould gigantic cast , Starting to life - all whisper of the Past ! As through the garden's desert paths I rove , What fond illusions swarm in every grove ! How oft , when purple ...
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... breathe ! And whence these scenes , these images , declare . Whence but from Her who triumphs o'er despair ? Awake , arise with grateful fervor fraught , Go , spring the mine of elevating thought . He , who , through Nature's various ...
... breathe ! And whence these scenes , these images , declare . Whence but from Her who triumphs o'er despair ? Awake , arise with grateful fervor fraught , Go , spring the mine of elevating thought . He , who , through Nature's various ...
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