PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -- to thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , Long ...
... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -- to thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , Long ...
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... Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp ...
... Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp ...
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... Thee to Fame consigned , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee gay Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws . From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue ...
... Thee to Fame consigned , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee gay Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws . From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue ...
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... 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 . When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest , Thy meek submission ...
... 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 . When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest , Thy meek submission ...
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... thee round . Who spurs his horse against the mountain - side ; Then , plunging , slakes his fury in the tide ? Draws , and cries ho ! and , where the sun - beams fall , At his own shadow thrusts along the wall ? Who dances without music ...
... thee round . Who spurs his horse against the mountain - side ; Then , plunging , slakes his fury in the tide ? Draws , and cries ho ! and , where the sun - beams fall , At his own shadow thrusts along the wall ? Who dances without music ...
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