The Pleasures of MemoryS. Archer, 1815 - 54 pages |
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... scenes of antiquity ... Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light ; he , who feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the ...
... scenes of antiquity ... Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light ; he , who feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the ...
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... scene . Still'd is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , When round the ruins of their ancient oak The peasants flock'd to hear the minstrel play , And games and carols clos'd the busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron charms no ...
... scene . Still'd is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , When round the ruins of their ancient oak The peasants flock'd to hear the minstrel play , And games and carols clos'd the busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron charms no ...
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... scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractur'd pediment reveal'd , Where moss inlays the rudely - sculpturād shield , The martin's ...
... scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractur'd pediment reveal'd , Where moss inlays the rudely - sculpturād shield , The martin's ...
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... scene , The tangled wood - walk and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and , lo ! they live , Cloth'd with far softer hues than light can give . ) Thou first , best friend that Heav'n assigns below , To soothe and sweeten all ...
... scene , The tangled wood - walk and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and , lo ! they live , Cloth'd with far softer hues than light can give . ) Thou first , best friend that Heav'n assigns below , To soothe and sweeten all ...
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... scenes farewell ! It calls me hence , beneath their shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet , now seen no more , Each eve we shot the ...
... scenes farewell ! It calls me hence , beneath their shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet , now seen no more , Each eve we shot the ...
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adieu ambitious CHARLES renounc'd bends blest breast breathe breeze calm chain charm charm'd chas'd clime clos'd clouds colour confest confin'd controul dusky dwell Eden's wild wood Ev'n faintly imag'd fairy Fancy Fancy's fled FLORIO fluence fond gale gaz'd gaze glade Gothic gray hail Hark HARLEM's walls heart Heav'n Hence home-felt pleasure Hist Hope's hour hues hung Innocence light live Long Maximian melancholy melts mild mountain muse native NAVARRE nest nobler NOTE NOTE k ORMOND nobly sigh'd pensive widow loves PLEASURES OF MEMORY rapture resign'd Richelieu round rous'd rude Say why VESPASIAN scal'd scene seraphic shade shadowy shed sigh silent sleep smile soft sooth'd sorrows soul sphere spirit spring steals sublime tears thee tints trace triumph TULLY paus'd Twas Venice VESPASIAN lov'd VIRGIL's tomb Virtue wakes wave Westmoreland Whence wood vales pursued youth