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Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals
its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh ,
or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one ...
Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals
its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh ,
or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one ...
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196 TO THE TORSO 197 A WISH 198 TO THE GNAT 200 AN EPITAPH ON A
ROBIN - REDBREAST 201 AN ITALIAN SONG 202 TO THE BUTTERFLY 204
WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND 205 INSCRIPTION IN THE
CRIMEA ...
196 TO THE TORSO 197 A WISH 198 TO THE GNAT 200 AN EPITAPH ON A
ROBIN - REDBREAST 201 AN ITALIAN SONG 202 TO THE BUTTERFLY 204
WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND 205 INSCRIPTION IN THE
CRIMEA ...
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... This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young FOSCARI , whose
hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , D When exile wore his
blooming years away , To sorrow's 17.
... This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young FOSCARI , whose
hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , D When exile wore his
blooming years away , To sorrow's 17.
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... of mind , Devout yet cheerful , active yet resigned ; Grant me , like thee , whose
heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet
the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content .
... of mind , Devout yet cheerful , active yet resigned ; Grant me , like thee , whose
heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet
the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content .
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For in whose remembrance can we wish to hold a place , but such as know , and
are known by us ? These are within the sphere of our influence , and among
these and their descendants we may live for evermore . * De tous les biens
humains ...
For in whose remembrance can we wish to hold a place , but such as know , and
are known by us ? These are within the sphere of our influence , and among
these and their descendants we may live for evermore . * De tous les biens
humains ...
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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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