The Pleasures of MemoryS. Archer, 1815 - 54 pages |
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... sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin'd ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight , Instils that musing melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY ...
... sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin'd ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight , Instils that musing melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY ...
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... sigh ; ( ƒ ) This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this , young FOSCARI , whose hapless fate ( g ) Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's long soliloquies a prey ...
... sigh ; ( ƒ ) This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this , young FOSCARI , whose hapless fate ( g ) Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's long soliloquies a prey ...
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... sighs . Ask not if courts or camps dissolve the charm ; Say why VESPASIAN lov'd his Sabine farm ; ( n ) Why great NAVARRE , when France and Freedom bled , ( 0 ) Sought the lone limits of a forest - shed ? When DIOCLESIAN's self ...
... sighs . Ask not if courts or camps dissolve the charm ; Say why VESPASIAN lov'd his Sabine farm ; ( n ) Why great NAVARRE , when France and Freedom bled , ( 0 ) Sought the lone limits of a forest - shed ? When DIOCLESIAN's self ...
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... sigh , And bless the youth that bids her slumbers fly . But not till Time has calmed the ruffled breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is Heav'n's sweet smile reflected on the ...
... sigh , And bless the youth that bids her slumbers fly . But not till Time has calmed the ruffled breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is Heav'n's sweet smile reflected on the ...
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... sigh ! ( c ) The weary waste , that lengthen'd as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumin'd , and by taste refin'd ? When age has quench'd the eye , and clos'd ...
... sigh ! ( c ) The weary waste , that lengthen'd as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumin'd , and by taste refin'd ? When age has quench'd the eye , and clos'd ...
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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