The Pleasures of Memory, with Other PoemsSimms & M'Intyre, 1830 - 84 pages |
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Page 16
... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song , What soften'd views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , 16 ...
... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song , What soften'd views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , 16 ...
Page 33
... 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 . The ...
... 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 . The ...
Page 34
... thee sweet 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 , tranquil Virtue , knows.MAT When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray ...
... thee sweet 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 , tranquil Virtue , knows.MAT When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray ...
Page 49
... thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aim'd 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 aim'd 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 ...
Page 69
... thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear , more mildly bright , Than any gem that gilds the mine . Benign restorer of the soul ! Who ever fly'st to bring relief , When first she feels the rude control Of Love or Pity , Joy or ...
... thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear , more mildly bright , Than any gem that gilds the mine . Benign restorer of the soul ! Who ever fly'st to bring relief , When first she feels the rude control Of Love or Pity , Joy or ...
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adieu Alps antler bend blest breast breathed breeze bright calm cell charm charm'd chase cliff clime colours confest delight dews dusky dwell enchanting endears fade fairy Fancy Fancy's feeling fled Florio fond Foscari gale gaze Gild glade glows Gout gray grove hail hanging wood Hark heart Heaven Hence Hist honest hour hues hung Innocence inspire joys kindred light live lustre magic maid Maximian melancholy melts Meteor mild mind mould musing native Navarre nest NOTE o'er pensive PLEASURES OF MEMORY rapture repose resign'd Richelieu round rude sacred sail scene seraphic shade shed sigh silent sleep smile soft sooth sorrows soul sphere spirit spring steals sublime sweet swell tale tears thee thine thou thought trace trembling triumph truth Twas vale Venice Virgil's tomb Virtue wake wave weep Whence whisper wild wing youth