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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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... swelled their strange expanse of sail ; So , when he breathed his firm yet fond adieu , Borne from his leafy hut , his carved canoe , And all his soul best loved — such tears he shed , While each soft scene of summer - beauty fled .
... swelled their strange expanse of sail ; So , when he breathed his firm yet fond adieu , Borne from his leafy hut , his carved canoe , And all his soul best loved — such tears he shed , While each soft scene of summer - beauty fled .
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a a Why great NAVARRE , when France and freedom bled , Sought the lone limits of a forest - shed . When DIOCLETIAN's self - corrected mind The imperial fasces of a world resigned , Say why we trace the labours of his spade In calm ...
a a Why great NAVARRE , when France and freedom bled , Sought the lone limits of a forest - shed . When DIOCLETIAN's self - corrected mind The imperial fasces of a world resigned , Say why we trace the labours of his spade In calm ...
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When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of ...
When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of ...
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Imbowering shrubs with verdure veiled the sky , And on the musk - rose shed a deeper die ; Save when a bright and momentary gleam Glanced from the white foam of some sheltered stream . O'er the still lake the bell of evening tolled ...
Imbowering shrubs with verdure veiled the sky , And on the musk - rose shed a deeper die ; Save when a bright and momentary gleam Glanced from the white foam of some sheltered stream . O'er the still lake the bell of evening tolled ...
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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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