The Pleasures of Memory: With Other PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - 167 pages |
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... Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hail'd him to the shore . And hence the charm historic scenes impart : Hence Tiber awes , and Avon melts the heart . AĆ«rial forms , in Tempe's classic vale , Glance thro ' the gloom ...
... Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hail'd him to the shore . And hence the charm historic scenes impart : Hence Tiber awes , and Avon melts the heart . AĆ«rial forms , in Tempe's classic vale , Glance thro ' the gloom ...
Page 28
... thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , * And unborn ages consecrate thy nest . When with the silent energy of grief , With looks that ask'd , yet dar'd not hope relief , Want , with her babes , round generous Valour clung 28.
... thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , * And unborn ages consecrate thy nest . When with the silent energy of grief , With looks that ask'd , yet dar'd not hope relief , Want , with her babes , round generous Valour clung 28.
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... Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws . From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And Hope's ...
... Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws . From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And Hope's ...
Page 44
... Hope's soft energies were felt no more . Yet still how sweet the soothings of his art ! * From the rude wall what bright ideas start ! Ev'n now he claims the amaranthine wreath , With scenes that glow , with images that breathe ! And ...
... Hope's soft energies were felt no more . Yet still how sweet the soothings of his art ! * From the rude wall what bright ideas start ! Ev'n now he claims the amaranthine wreath , With scenes that glow , with images that breathe ! And ...
Page 54
... hope to trace The pensive softness of her angel - 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 ...
... hope to trace The pensive softness of her angel - 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 ...
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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