PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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... Turns on the neighbouring hill , once more to see The dear abode of peace and privacy ; And as he turns , the thatch among the trees , The smoke's blue wreaths ascending with the breeze , The village - common spotted white with sheep ...
... Turns on the neighbouring hill , once more to see The dear abode of peace and privacy ; And as he turns , the thatch among the trees , The smoke's blue wreaths ascending with the breeze , The village - common spotted white with sheep ...
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... holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp . They in their glorious course the guides of Youth ,. SWEET MEMORY , wafted by thy gentle gale , the stream of Time I turn my sail ,
... holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp . They in their glorious course the guides of Youth ,. SWEET MEMORY , wafted by thy gentle gale , the stream of Time I turn my sail ,
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... Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumined , and by taste refined ? When age has ...
... Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumined , and by taste refined ? When age has ...
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... Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The following stanzas * are said to have been written on a blank leaf of this Poem . They present so affecting a reverse of the picture , that I cannot resist the opportunity of intro- ducing ...
... Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The following stanzas * are said to have been written on a blank leaf of this Poem . They present so affecting a reverse of the picture , that I cannot resist the opportunity of intro- ducing ...
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age to age ancient bids bless blest breathe bright called calm CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus controul Cortes courser dark delight desert shore dream Euripides father fear Finden fled flowers fond gaze glory glows grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light live look mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once Pausanias Petrarch pleasure R.A. Goodall rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shed shine shore sigh silent sire sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals stood Stothard sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Turner Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb virtue voice wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings young youth