PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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... hung , Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board , in due degree , We sweetened every meal with social glee . The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast ...
... hung , Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board , in due degree , We sweetened every meal with social glee . The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast ...
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... Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ruined Tusculan's romantic groves ? In Rome's great forum , who but hears him roll 18.
... Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ruined Tusculan's romantic groves ? In Rome's great forum , who but hears him roll 18.
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... hung with shaggy wood , And the cleft oak flung boldly o'er the flood ; Nor shunned the track , unknown to human tread , That downward to the night of caverns led ; Some ancient cataract's deserted bed . High on exulting wing the heath ...
... hung with shaggy wood , And the cleft oak flung boldly o'er the flood ; Nor shunned the track , unknown to human tread , That downward to the night of caverns led ; Some ancient cataract's deserted bed . High on exulting wing the heath ...
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... hung ; Till o'er the mead a cool , sequestered grot From its rich roof a sparry lustre shot . A crystal water crossed the pebbled floor , And on the front these simple lines it bore . Hence away , nor dare intrude ! In this secret ...
... hung ; Till o'er the mead a cool , sequestered grot From its rich roof a sparry lustre shot . A crystal water crossed the pebbled floor , And on the front these simple lines it bore . Hence away , nor dare intrude ! In this secret ...
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... hung , And their fantastic branches wildly flung . How would he dwell on the vast antlers there ! These dashed the wave , those fanned the mountain - air . All , as they frowned , unwritten records bore Of gallant feats and festivals of ...
... hung , And their fantastic branches wildly flung . How would he dwell on the vast antlers there ! These dashed the wave , those fanned the mountain - air . All , as they frowned , unwritten records bore Of gallant feats and festivals of ...
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Ęschylus age to age ancient bids bless blest breathe bright called calm CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus controul Cortes courser dark delight dream Euripides father fear Finden fled flowers fond gaze glory glows grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light live look mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once Pausanias Petrarch Plato pleasure R.A. Goodall rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals stood Stothard sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Turner Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL'S tomb virtue voice wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings young youth