The Pleasures of Memory: With Other PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - 167 pages |
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Page 14
... face with silent 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 mousing owlet bred , From rifled roost at nightly ...
... face with silent 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 mousing owlet bred , From rifled roost at nightly ...
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... why the pensive widow loves to weep , m 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 grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by 23.
... why the pensive widow loves to weep , m 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 grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by 23.
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... face no more , His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each , With that mute eloquence which passes speech . And see , the master but returns to die ! Yet who shall bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heav'n , the drenching dews ...
... face no more , His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each , With that mute eloquence which passes speech . And see , the master but returns to die ! Yet who shall bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heav'n , the drenching dews ...
Page 39
... face , Forgot , when first a father's stern controul Chas'd the gay visions of her opening soul : And ere , with iron tongue , the vesper - bell Bursts through the cypress - walk , the convent - cell , Oft will her warm and wayward ...
... face , Forgot , when first a father's stern controul Chas'd the gay visions of her opening soul : And ere , with iron tongue , the vesper - bell Bursts through the cypress - walk , the convent - cell , Oft will her warm and wayward ...
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... face ? Can VIRGIL's verse , can RAPHAEL's touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye , And in the world's contagious climate die ? She left the cave , nor mark'd the stranger ...
... face ? Can VIRGIL's verse , can RAPHAEL's touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye , And in the world's contagious climate die ? She left the cave , nor mark'd the stranger ...
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adieu antient arras bids blest blush BOILEAU breast breath'd breathe breeze bright calm cell charm Cicero clime confest controul coursers delight dreams dwell echoes EPIGRAM faded Fancy Fancy's fled flings flow fond gale gaz'd Genii gilds glows Gout grove hail hanging wood heart heav'n Hence Hist hues hung inspire kindred light lisp live lov'd lustre maid Maximian melts mind murmurs Muse native NAVARRE night NOTE o'er once pensive PLEASURES OF MEMORY PLUT rapture repose resign'd rever'd rise round rude scene secret seraph serene shade shadowy shed shelter'd shine sigh silent sleep smile soft song sooth sooth'd sorrows soul sphere spirit spring steals sweet swell tears tempest thee thou thought thoughts inspire thro tints trac'd trace trembling triumphs truth twas thine vale Venice VESPASIAN Virtue wake wave weep wild wing youth