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Page 66
Verdure springs up ; and fruits and flowers invite , And groves and fountains — all
things that delight . “ Oh , I would stop , and linger if I might ! ” We fly ; no resting
for the foot we find ; All dark before , all desolate behind ! 67 At length the brink ...
Verdure springs up ; and fruits and flowers invite , And groves and fountains — all
things that delight . “ Oh , I would stop , and linger if I might ! ” We fly ; no resting
for the foot we find ; All dark before , all desolate behind ! 67 At length the brink ...
Page 68
And some , not here called forth , may slumber on Till this vain pageant of a world
is gone ; Lying too deep for things that perish here , Waiting for life -- but in a
nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves
as ...
And some , not here called forth , may slumber on Till this vain pageant of a world
is gone ; Lying too deep for things that perish here , Waiting for life -- but in a
nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves
as ...
Page 85
Graver things Come in their turn . Morning , and Evening , brings Its holy office ;
and the sabbath - bell , That over wood and wild and mountain - dell Wanders so
far , chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical , most melancholy ...
Graver things Come in their turn . Morning , and Evening , brings Its holy office ;
and the sabbath - bell , That over wood and wild and mountain - dell Wanders so
far , chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical , most melancholy ...
Page 86
... hope and joy in other hearts were springing ; That House , where Age led in by
Filial Love , Their looks composed , their thoughts on things above , The world
forgot , or all its wrongs forgivenWho would not say they trod the path to Heaven
?
... hope and joy in other hearts were springing ; That House , where Age led in by
Filial Love , Their looks composed , their thoughts on things above , The world
forgot , or all its wrongs forgivenWho would not say they trod the path to Heaven
?
Page 100
... All that their world reveals of good and fair ; And , as they wander , picturing
things , like me , Not as they are but as they ought to be , Trace out the Journey
through their little Day , And fondly dream an idle hour away . Stochard 14
NOTES .
... All that their world reveals of good and fair ; And , as they wander , picturing
things , like me , Not as they are but as they ought to be , Trace out the Journey
through their little Day , And fondly dream an idle hour away . Stochard 14
NOTES .
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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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