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We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver -
grey ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute
attention dwelt . As in his scrip we dropt our little store , And sighed to think that
little ...
We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver -
grey ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute
attention dwelt . As in his scrip we dropt our little store , And sighed to think that
little ...
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Ethereal Power ! who at the noon of night Recall'st the far - fled spirit of delight ;
From whom that musing , melancholy mood Which charms the wise , and
elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil
dipt in ...
Ethereal Power ! who at the noon of night Recall'st the far - fled spirit of delight ;
From whom that musing , melancholy mood Which charms the wise , and
elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil
dipt in ...
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As studious PROSPERO's mysterious spell Drew every subject - spirit to his cell ;
Each , at thy call , advances or retires , As judgment dictates , or the scene
inspires . Each thrills the seat of sense , that sacred source Whence the fine
nerves ...
As studious PROSPERO's mysterious spell Drew every subject - spirit to his cell ;
Each , at thy call , advances or retires , As judgment dictates , or the scene
inspires . Each thrills the seat of sense , that sacred source Whence the fine
nerves ...
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Crushed till his high , heroic spirit bleeds , And from his nerveless frame
indignantly recedes ... Yet here , even here , with pleasures long resigned , Lo !
MEMORY bursts the twilight of the mind . Her dear delusions sooth his sinking
soul , When ...
Crushed till his high , heroic spirit bleeds , And from his nerveless frame
indignantly recedes ... Yet here , even here , with pleasures long resigned , Lo !
MEMORY bursts the twilight of the mind . Her dear delusions sooth his sinking
soul , When ...
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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 . Who
acts ...
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 . Who
acts ...
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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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