The Pleasures of MemoryT. Cadell ... and C. Dilly, 1793 - 124 pages |
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... gale ; In wild Vauclufe with love and LAURA dwell , 235 And watch and weep in ELOISA's cell . 5 ' Twas ever thus , As now at VIRGIL's tomb , 6 We bless the shade , and bid the verdure bloom : So TULLY paus'd , amid the wrecks of Time ...
... gale ; In wild Vauclufe with love and LAURA dwell , 235 And watch and weep in ELOISA's cell . 5 ' Twas ever thus , As now at VIRGIL's tomb , 6 We bless the shade , and bid the verdure bloom : So TULLY paus'd , amid the wrecks of Time ...
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... gale , 290 The war - worn courfer charges at the found , And with young vigour wheels the pasture round . Oft has the aged tenant of the vale Lean'd on his ftaff to lengthen out the tale ; Oft have his lips the grateful tribute breath'd ...
... gale , 290 The war - worn courfer charges at the found , And with young vigour wheels the pasture round . Oft has the aged tenant of the vale Lean'd on his ftaff to lengthen out the tale ; Oft have his lips the grateful tribute breath'd ...
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... gale , Oft up the tide of Time I turn my fail , To view the fairy - haunts of long - loft hours , Bleft with far greener fhades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; 5 ...
... gale , Oft up the tide of Time I turn my fail , To view the fairy - haunts of long - loft hours , Bleft with far greener fhades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; 5 ...
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... gale . Tell , if thou canft , the fum of forrows there ; Mark the fixt gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , 50 The racks of thought , and freezings of defpair ! But pause not then - beyond the western wave , 44 THE PLEASURES.
... gale . Tell , if thou canft , the fum of forrows there ; Mark the fixt gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , 50 The racks of thought , and freezings of defpair ! But pause not then - beyond the western wave , 44 THE PLEASURES.
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... gale , And bids the God of Thunders hail ; 10 With lowings loud the captive God replies . Clouds of incenfe court thy fmile , Scaly monarch of the Nile ! 11 But ah ! what myriads claim the bended knee ? 12 Go , count the bufy drops that ...
... gale , And bids the God of Thunders hail ; 10 With lowings loud the captive God replies . Clouds of incenfe court thy fmile , Scaly monarch of the Nile ! 11 But ah ! what myriads claim the bended knee ? 12 Go , count the bufy drops that ...
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Æneid aſk bids blaft bleft breaſt breath'd breathe breeze bufy ceaſe cell charm charm'd clime cloſe clouds controul courſe delight duſky facred Fancy's fcenes fenfe fhades fhall fiege figh filent finks firft fleep flow fmile fnows foar focial foft fome fond fong footh foreft forrows foul fource fpring friendſhip ftill ftone ftream fubject fublimely fung fweet fwell gale gaz'd glows grove hail hanging wood happineſs Hark heart heav'n Hence Hift honeft imperial eagle laft laſt light lov'd luftre magic Maximian mind moft moſt mufic mufing native NAVARRE night nobleft NOTE O F MEMORY o'er penfive pleaſe pleaſure purſued refign'd rife round rude ſcene ſhade ſhe ſhed ſhore ſhould ſky ſmile ſphere ſpirit ſtill ſweet tears Thee Thefe theſe thoſe Thou thro treaſures triumphs truth Twas vale Verfe Verſe VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb Virtue wake wave weep whiſper Whofe youth
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Page 117 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 122 - A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy at her wheel shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village church among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were given, With merry peals shall...
Page 82 - Ghent, and, after stopping there a few days, to indulge that tender and pleasing melancholy which arises in the mind of every man in the decline of life on visiting the place of his nativity and viewing the scenes and objects familiar to him in his early youth...
Page 54 - And as the sparks of social love expand, As the heart opens in a foreign land ; And, with a brother's warmth, a brother's smile, The stranger greets each native of his isle...
Page 116 - Sweet drop of pure and pearly light ! In thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine.
Page 26 - When on her knee she rocks her babe to sleep: Tremblingly still, she lifts his veil to trace The father's features in his infant face. The hoary...
Page 20 - Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 93 - HENCE, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence ! Thy chain of adamant can bind That little world, the human mind, And sink its noblest powers to impotence. Wake the lion's loudest roar, Clot his shaggy mane with gore, With flashing fury bid his eye-balls shine ; Meek is his savage, sullen soul, to thine ! Thy touch, thy deadening touch has steeled the breast, Whence, thro...
Page 68 - And all, combined, with blest effulgence blaze. There thy bright train, immortal Friendship, soar; No more to part, to mingle tears no more! And, as the softening hand of Time endears The joys and sorrows of our...
Page 25 - And hence the charm historic scenes impart; Hence Tiber awes, and Avon melts the heart. Aerial forms in Tempe's classic vale Glance through the gloom and whisper in the gale ; In wild Vaucluse with love and LAURA dwell, And watch and weep in ELOISA'S cell.