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Page 17
Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth
electric fire . And hence this spot gives back the joys of youth , Warm as the life ,
and with the mirror's truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's ...
Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth
electric fire . And hence this spot gives back the joys of youth , Warm as the life ,
and with the mirror's truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's ...
Page 32
... secret pathway tries ; Till the thin leaves the truant boy disclose , Long on the
wood - moss stretched in sweet repose . Nor yet to pleasing objects are confined
The silent feasts of the reflecting mind . Danger and death a dread delight inspire
...
... secret pathway tries ; Till the thin leaves the truant boy disclose , Long on the
wood - moss stretched in sweet repose . Nor yet to pleasing objects are confined
The silent feasts of the reflecting mind . Danger and death a dread delight inspire
...
Page 33
Danger and death a dread delight inspire ; And the bald veteran glows with
wonted fire , When , richly bronzed by many a summer - sun , He counts his scars
, and tells what deeds were done . Go , with old Thames , view Chelsea's glorious
...
Danger and death a dread delight inspire ; And the bald veteran glows with
wonted fire , When , richly bronzed by many a summer - sun , He counts his scars
, and tells what deeds were done . Go , with old Thames , view Chelsea's glorious
...
Page 49
Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , To an accidental association may
be ascribed some of the noblest efforts of human genius . The historian of the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived his design among the ruins
...
Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , To an accidental association may
be ascribed some of the noblest efforts of human genius . The historian of the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived his design among the ruins
...
Page 67
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 ! Now , seraph - winged ...
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 ! Now , seraph - winged ...
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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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