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... a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were
my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date , as his who traced them
here . 1793 . ILLUSTRATIONS . A GARDEN SCENE . ENGRAVED BY MILLER ,
... a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were
my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date , as his who traced them
here . 1793 . ILLUSTRATIONS . A GARDEN SCENE . ENGRAVED BY MILLER ,
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Hence arises our attachment to inanimate objects ; hence also , in some degree ,
the love of our country , and the emotion with which we contemplate the
celebrated scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the
original : and ...
Hence arises our attachment to inanimate objects ; hence also , in some degree ,
the love of our country , and the emotion with which we contemplate the
celebrated scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the
original : and ...
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Each , at thy call , advances or retires , As judgment dictates , or the scene
inspires . 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 ...
Each , at thy call , advances or retires , As judgment dictates , or the scene
inspires . 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 ...
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Even now he claims the amaranthine wreath , With scenes that glow , with
images that breathe ! And whence these scenes , these images , declare .
Whence but from Her who triumphs o'er despair ? Awake , arise ! with grateful
fervour fraught ...
Even now he claims the amaranthine wreath , With scenes that glow , with
images that breathe ! And whence these scenes , these images , declare .
Whence but from Her who triumphs o'er despair ? Awake , arise ! with grateful
fervour fraught ...
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And , as new scenes , new objects rise to view , Think nothing done while aught
remains to do . ... as he went , An aged pilgrim on his staff shall lean , Tracing in
vain the footsteps o'er the green ; The man himself how altered , not the scene !
And , as new scenes , new objects rise to view , Think nothing done while aught
remains to do . ... as he went , An aged pilgrim on his staff shall lean , Tracing in
vain the footsteps o'er the green ; The man himself how altered , not the scene !
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| 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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