PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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... calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss inlays the rudely - sculptured shield , The ...
... calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss inlays the rudely - sculptured shield , The ...
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... calm delight the portrait gives : We gaze on every feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover sees the absent maid ; And the lost friend still lingers in his shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks ...
... calm delight the portrait gives : We gaze on every feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover sees the absent maid ; And the lost friend still lingers in his shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks ...
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... calm Salona's philosophic shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES renounced a throne , To muse with monks unlettered and unknown , What from his soul the parting tribute drew ? What claimed the sorrows of a last adieu ? The still ...
... calm Salona's philosophic shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES renounced a throne , To muse with monks unlettered and unknown , What from his soul the parting tribute drew ? What claimed the sorrows of a last adieu ? The still ...
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... calm and well - regulated mind that the Memory is most perfect ; and solitude is her best sphere of action . With this sentiment is introduced a Tale illustrative of her influence in solitude , sickness , and sorrow . And the subject ...
... calm and well - regulated mind that the Memory is most perfect ; and solitude is her best sphere of action . With this sentiment is introduced a Tale illustrative of her influence in solitude , sickness , and sorrow . And the subject ...
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... calm close of Valour's various day . Time's sombrous touches soon correct the piece , Mellow each tint , and bid each discord cease : A softer tone of light pervades the whole , And steals a pensive languor o'er the soul . Hast thou ...
... calm close of Valour's various day . Time's sombrous touches soon correct the piece , Mellow each tint , and bid each discord cease : A softer tone of light pervades the whole , And steals a pensive languor o'er the soul . Hast thou ...
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