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Hence arises our attachment to inanimate objects ; hence also , in some degree ,
the love of our country , and the emotion with which we contemplate the
celebrated scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the
original : and ...
Hence arises our attachment to inanimate objects ; hence also , in some degree ,
the love of our country , and the emotion with which we contemplate the
celebrated scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the
original : and ...
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TWILIGHT's soft dews steal o'er the village - green , With magic tints to harmonize
the scene . Stilled is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , When round the ruins of
their ancient oak The peasants flocked to hear the minstrel play , And games ...
TWILIGHT's soft dews steal o'er the village - green , With magic tints to harmonize
the scene . Stilled is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , When round the ruins of
their ancient oak The peasants flocked to hear the minstrel play , And games ...
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The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once 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 ...
The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court , Once 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 ...
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Childhood's loved group revisits every scene ; The tangled wood - walk , and the
tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and lo , they live ! Clothed with far
softer hues than Light can give . Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns
below ...
Childhood's loved group revisits every scene ; The tangled wood - walk , and the
tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and lo , they live ! Clothed with far
softer hues than Light can give . Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns
below ...
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Angels , when Mercy's mandate winged their flight , Had stopt to dwell with
pleasure on the sight . But hark ! thro ' those old firs , with sullen swell , The
church - clock strikes ! ye tender scenes , farewell ! It calls me hence , beneath
their shade ...
Angels , when Mercy's mandate winged their flight , Had stopt to dwell with
pleasure on the sight . But hark ! thro ' those old firs , with sullen swell , The
church - clock strikes ! ye tender scenes , farewell ! It calls me hence , beneath
their shade ...
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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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