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Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light , he , who feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the vigour and vivacity of ...
Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light , he , who feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the vigour and vivacity of ...
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That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven conveyed . The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleased , for life ...
That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven conveyed . The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleased , for life ...
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Clothed with far softer hues than Light can give . Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns below To sooth and sweeten all the cares we know ; Whose glad suggestions still each vain alarm , When nature fades , and life forgets to ...
Clothed with far softer hues than Light can give . Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns below To sooth and sweeten all the cares we know ; Whose glad suggestions still each vain alarm , When nature fades , and life forgets to ...
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The glow - worm loves her emerald - light to shed , Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as he turned the greensward with his spade , He lectured every youth that round him played ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers ...
The glow - worm loves her emerald - light to shed , Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as he turned the greensward with his spade , He lectured every youth that round him played ; And , calmly pointing where our fathers ...
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Her eyes had blessed the beacon's glimmering height , That faintly tipt the feathery surge with light ; But now the morn with orient hues pourtrayed Each castled cliff , and brown monastic shade : All touched the talisman's resistless ...
Her eyes had blessed the beacon's glimmering height , That faintly tipt the feathery surge with light ; But now the morn with orient hues pourtrayed Each castled cliff , and brown monastic shade : All touched the talisman's resistless ...
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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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