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A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wrecked by storms , nor mouldered
by decay ; A world , with MEMORY's ceaseless sun - shine blest , The home of
Happiness , an honest breast . But most we mark the wonders of her reign , When
...
A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wrecked by storms , nor mouldered
by decay ; A world , with MEMORY's ceaseless sun - shine blest , The home of
Happiness , an honest breast . But most we mark the wonders of her reign , When
...
Page 43
Each chain of wonders that sublimely glowed , Since first Creation's choral
anthem flowed ; Each ready flight , at Mercy's call divine , To distant worlds that
undiscovered shine ; Full on her tablet flings its living rays , And all , combined ,
with ...
Each chain of wonders that sublimely glowed , Since first Creation's choral
anthem flowed ; Each ready flight , at Mercy's call divine , To distant worlds that
undiscovered shine ; Full on her tablet flings its living rays , And all , combined ,
with ...
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Hail , MEMORY , hail ! in thy exhaustless mine From age to age unnumbered
treasures shine ! Thought and her shadowy brood thy call obey , And Place and
Time are subject to thy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel , when most alone ;
The ...
Hail , MEMORY , hail ! in thy exhaustless mine From age to age unnumbered
treasures shine ! Thought and her shadowy brood thy call obey , And Place and
Time are subject to thy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel , when most alone ;
The ...
Page 48
When a traveller , who was surveying the ruins of Rome , expressed a desire to
possess some relic of its ancient grandeur , Poussin , who attended him , stooped
down , and gathering up a handful of earth shining with small grains of porphyry ...
When a traveller , who was surveying the ruins of Rome , expressed a desire to
possess some relic of its ancient grandeur , Poussin , who attended him , stooped
down , and gathering up a handful of earth shining with small grains of porphyry ...
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Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sir - loin ; The ale , now brewed , in floods
of amber shine : And , basking in the chimney's ample blaze , ' Mid many a tale
told of his boyish days , The nurse shall cry , of all her ills beguiled , “ ' Twas on ...
Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sir - loin ; The ale , now brewed , in floods
of amber shine : And , basking in the chimney's ample blaze , ' Mid many a tale
told of his boyish days , The nurse shall cry , of all her ills beguiled , “ ' Twas on ...
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ancient bids bless blest born breathe bright called charm child claim close clouds Columbus comes dark dead deep delight dream earth face father fear feeling fire flowers flows gaze give glows gold gone green grove half hand hear heart Heaven Hence hope hour inspire land leaves light live look lost meet MEMORY mind moves Nature never night o'er o’er once passed play pleasure pure rest rise round sacred sail says scene secret shade shed shine shore sigh silent sits sleep smile song soon soul speaks spirit spring stood sung sweet tears thee thine things thou thought thro trace triumphs truth turn Twas virtue voice wake wandering watch wave weep wild wind wings wish young youth
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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