The Pleasures of Memory: With Other PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - 167 pages |
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... as he turn'd the greensward with his spade , He lectur'd every youth that round him play'd ; And , calmly pointing where his fathers lay , Rous'd him to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here 16.
... as he turn'd the greensward with his spade , He lectur'd every youth that round him play'd ; And , calmly pointing where his fathers lay , Rous'd him to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here 16.
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... fathers sleep ; All rouse Reflection's sadly - pleasing train , And oft he looks and weeps , and looks again . So , when the mild TUPIA dar'd explore Arts yet untaught , and worlds unknown before , And , with the sons of Science , woo'd ...
... fathers sleep ; All rouse Reflection's sadly - pleasing train , And oft he looks and weeps , and looks again . So , when the mild TUPIA dar'd explore Arts yet untaught , and worlds unknown before , And , with the sons of Science , woo'd ...
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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.
Page 39
... 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 heart revive , To love and joy ...
... 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 heart revive , To love and joy ...
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... father strew'd his white hairs in the wind , Call'd on his child - nor linger'd long behind : And FLORIO liv'd to see the willow wave , With many an evening - whisper , o'er their grave . Yes , FLORIO liv'd - and , still of each possest ...
... father strew'd his white hairs in the wind , Call'd on his child - nor linger'd long behind : And FLORIO liv'd to see the willow wave , With many an evening - whisper , o'er their grave . Yes , FLORIO liv'd - and , still of each possest ...
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