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Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals
its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh ,
or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one ...
Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals
its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh ,
or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one ...
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What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro
' the trees , Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement ,
arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven
conveyed ...
What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro
' the trees , Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement ,
arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven
conveyed ...
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... each 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 ...
... each 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 ...
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... 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 , shadowy cell Musing MEMORY loves to dwell , With
...
... 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 , shadowy cell Musing MEMORY loves to dwell , With
...
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Apart she joins his little hands in prayer , Telling of Him who sees in secret there !
And now the volume on her knee has caught His wandering eye — now many a
written thought Never to die , with many a lisping sweet His moving , murmuring ...
Apart she joins his little hands in prayer , Telling of Him who sees in secret there !
And now the volume on her knee has caught His wandering eye — now many a
written thought Never to die , with many a lisping sweet His moving , murmuring ...
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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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