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Page 31
Each thrills the seat of sense , that sacred source Whence the fine nerves direct
their mazy course , And thro ' the frame invisibly convey The subtle , quick
vibrations as they play ; Man's little universe at once o'ercast , At once illumined
when ...
Each thrills the seat of sense , that sacred source Whence the fine nerves direct
their mazy course , And thro ' the frame invisibly convey The subtle , quick
vibrations as they play ; Man's little universe at once o'ercast , At once illumined
when ...
Page 182
Mark who mounts the sacred pyre , Blooming in her bridal vest : She hurls the
torch ! she fans the fire ! To die is to be blest : She clasps her lord to part no more
, And , sighing , sinks ! but sinks to soar . O'ershadowing Scotia's desert coast ,
The ...
Mark who mounts the sacred pyre , Blooming in her bridal vest : She hurls the
torch ! she fans the fire ! To die is to be blest : She clasps her lord to part no more
, And , sighing , sinks ! but sinks to soar . O'ershadowing Scotia's desert coast ,
The ...
Page 222
Sacred as when the bell of prayer Tolled duly on the desert air , And crosses
decked thy summits blue . Oft , like some loved romantic tale , Oft shall my weary
mind recall , Amid the hum and stir of men , Thy beechen grove and waterfall ,
Thy ...
Sacred as when the bell of prayer Tolled duly on the desert air , And crosses
decked thy summits blue . Oft , like some loved romantic tale , Oft shall my weary
mind recall , Amid the hum and stir of men , Thy beechen grove and waterfall ,
Thy ...
Page 227
Sacred is their shade ; Sacred the calm they breathe - oh , how unlike What in the
field ' twas his so long to know ; Where many a mournful , many an anxious
thought , Troubling , perplexing , on his weary mind Preyed , ere to arms the
morning ...
Sacred is their shade ; Sacred the calm they breathe - oh , how unlike What in the
field ' twas his so long to know ; Where many a mournful , many an anxious
thought , Troubling , perplexing , on his weary mind Preyed , ere to arms the
morning ...
Page 254
... the waters rise , And , rising , shoot in columns to the skies , That stand — and
still , when they proceed , retire , As in the Desert burned the sacred fire ; Moving
in silent majesty , till Night Descends , and shuts the vision from their sight .
... the waters rise , And , rising , shoot in columns to the skies , That stand — and
still , when they proceed , retire , As in the Desert burned the sacred fire ; Moving
in silent majesty , till Night Descends , and shuts the vision from their sight .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Author | Samuel Rogers |
| Publisher | Lea and Blanchard, 1843 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 316 pages |
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