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... in the saddle rudely rocked to sleep , While his mule browses on the dizzy steep , With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and 30.
... in the saddle rudely rocked to sleep , While his mule browses on the dizzy steep , With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and 30.
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With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and sees His children sport beneath their native trees , And bends to hear their cherub - voices call , O'er the loud fury of the torrent's fall . But can her smile with gloomy Madness dwell ?
With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and sees His children sport beneath their native trees , And bends to hear their cherub - voices call , O'er the loud fury of the torrent's fall . But can her smile with gloomy Madness dwell ?
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Whose mind , profaned by no unhallowed guest , Culls from the crowd the purest and the best ; May range , at will , bright Fancy's golden clime , Or , musing , mount where Science sits sublime , Or wake the Spirit of departed Time .
Whose mind , profaned by no unhallowed guest , Culls from the crowd the purest and the best ; May range , at will , bright Fancy's golden clime , Or , musing , mount where Science sits sublime , Or wake the Spirit of departed Time .
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... the busy world she flies , To taste that peace the world denies . Entranced she sits ; from youth to age , 1 Reviewing Life's eventful page ; And noting , ere 37.
... the busy world she flies , To taste that peace the world denies . Entranced she sits ; from youth to age , 1 Reviewing Life's eventful page ; And noting , ere 37.
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How oft , as dead , on the warm turf we lie , While many an emmet comes with curious eye ; And on her nest the watchful wren sits by ! Nor do we speak or move , or hear or see ; So like what once we were , and once again shall be !
How oft , as dead , on the warm turf we lie , While many an emmet comes with curious eye ; And on her nest the watchful wren sits by ! Nor do we speak or move , or hear or see ; So like what once we were , and once again shall be !
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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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