The Pleasures of MemoryT. Cadell ... and C. Dilly, 1793 - 124 pages |
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... o'er the village - green , With magic tints to harmonize the scene . Still'd is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , " When round the ruins of their ancient oak The peasants flock'd to hear the minstrel play , 5 And games and carols ...
... o'er the village - green , With magic tints to harmonize the scene . Still'd is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , " When round the ruins of their ancient oak The peasants flock'd to hear the minstrel play , 5 And games and carols ...
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... o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean finks the orb of day , Long on the wave reflected luftres play ; Thy temper'd gleams of happiness refign'd Glance on the darken'd mirror of the mind . 95 The School's ...
... o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean finks the orb of day , Long on the wave reflected luftres play ; Thy temper'd gleams of happiness refign'd Glance on the darken'd mirror of the mind . 95 The School's ...
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... burnt face with filent awe , Her tatter'd mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore ; Imps , in the barn with moufing owlet bred , 16` THE PLEASURES.
... burnt face with filent awe , Her tatter'd mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore ; Imps , in the barn with moufing owlet bred , 16` THE PLEASURES.
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... o'er my palm the filver piece she drew , And trac'd the line of life with searching view , 120 How throbb'd my fluttering pulfe with hopes and fears , To learn the colour of my future years ! 125 Ah , then , what honeft triumph flufh'd ...
... o'er my palm the filver piece she drew , And trac'd the line of life with searching view , 120 How throbb'd my fluttering pulfe with hopes and fears , To learn the colour of my future years ! 125 Ah , then , what honeft triumph flufh'd ...
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... o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , 205 Long watch'd the streaming fignal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceiv'd his eye , And fairy forefts fring'd the evening sky . So Scotia's Queen , as flowly dawn'd the day , 2 Rofe ...
... o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , 205 Long watch'd the streaming fignal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceiv'd his eye , And fairy forefts fring'd the evening sky . So Scotia's Queen , as flowly dawn'd the day , 2 Rofe ...
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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.