The Pleasures of MemoryS. Archer, 1815 - 54 pages |
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... shade , First to these eyes the light of Heav'n convey'd . The mould'ring gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what ...
... shade , First to these eyes the light of Heav'n convey'd . The mould'ring gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what ...
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... shade ; Or strew'd with crumbs yon root - inwoven seat , To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat ! Childhood's lov'd group revisits every scene , The tangled wood - walk and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and , lo ...
... shade ; Or strew'd with crumbs yon root - inwoven seat , To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat ! Childhood's lov'd group revisits every scene , The tangled wood - walk and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and , lo ...
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... shade , When in the breeze the distant watch - dog bay'd ; And heroes fled the Sibyl's mutter'd call , Whose elfin prowess scal'd the orchard wall . As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew , And traced the line of life with searching ...
... shade , When in the breeze the distant watch - dog bay'd ; And heroes fled the Sibyl's mutter'd call , Whose elfin prowess scal'd the orchard wall . As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew , And traced the line of life with searching ...
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... 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 marble thro ' the ring , Where the heart danc'd ...
... 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 marble thro ' the ring , Where the heart danc'd ...
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... shade ; All touch'd the talisman's resistless spring , Aud lo , what busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , ( e ) As Summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives ...
... shade ; All touch'd the talisman's resistless spring , Aud lo , what busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , ( e ) As Summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives ...
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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