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a Yet here high passions , high desires unfold , Prompting to noblest deeds ; here links of gold Bind soul to soul ; and thoughts divine inspire A thirst unquenchable , a holy fire That will not , cannot but with life expire !
a Yet here high passions , high desires unfold , Prompting to noblest deeds ; here links of gold Bind soul to soul ; and thoughts divine inspire A thirst unquenchable , a holy fire That will not , cannot but with life expire !
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Oh in thy truth secure , thy virtue bold , Beware the poison in the cup of gold , The asp among the flowers . Thy heart beats high , As bright and brighter breaks the distant sky ! But every step is on enchanted ground : Danger thou ...
Oh in thy truth secure , thy virtue bold , Beware the poison in the cup of gold , The asp among the flowers . Thy heart beats high , As bright and brighter breaks the distant sky ! But every step is on enchanted ground : Danger thou ...
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... many a plaintive verse ; Now wins the dull ear of the wily nurse At early matins ( ' twas at matin - time That first he saw and sickened in his prime ) And soon the Sibyl , in her thirst for gold , Plays with young hearts that will ...
... many a plaintive verse ; Now wins the dull ear of the wily nurse At early matins ( ' twas at matin - time That first he saw and sickened in his prime ) And soon the Sibyl , in her thirst for gold , Plays with young hearts that will ...
Page 77
Then before All they stand - the holy vow And ring of gold , no fond illusions now , Bind her as his . Across the threshold led , And every tear kissed off as soon as shed , His house she enters — there to be a light Shining within ...
Then before All they stand - the holy vow And ring of gold , no fond illusions now , Bind her as his . Across the threshold led , And every tear kissed off as soon as shed , His house she enters — there to be a light Shining within ...
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Twas morn -- the sky - lark o'er the furrow sung As from his lips the slow consent was wrung ; As from the glebe his fathers tilled of old , The plough they guided in an age of gold , Down by the beech - wood side he turned away : And ...
Twas morn -- the sky - lark o'er the furrow sung As from his lips the slow consent was wrung ; As from the glebe his fathers tilled of old , The plough they guided in an age of gold , Down by the beech - wood side he turned away : And ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Author | Samuel Rogers |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Edward Moxon, 1842 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 24 Nov 2016 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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