The Pleasures of Memory: With Other PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - 167 pages |
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... human bliss assign'd ! What slow gradations in the scale of mind ! Yet mark in each these mystic wonders wrought ; Oh mark the sleepless energies of thought ! The adventurous boy , that asks his little share , And hies from home , with ...
... human bliss assign'd ! What slow gradations in the scale of mind ! Yet mark in each these mystic wonders wrought ; Oh mark the sleepless energies of thought ! The adventurous boy , that asks his little share , And hies from home , with ...
Page 51
... human tread , That downward to the night of caverns led ; Some antient cataract's deserted bed . High on exulting wing the heath - cock rose , " And blew his shrill blast o'er perennial snows ; Ere the rapt youth , recoiling from the ...
... human tread , That downward to the night of caverns led ; Some antient cataract's deserted bed . High on exulting wing the heath - cock rose , " And blew his shrill blast o'er perennial snows ; Ere the rapt youth , recoiling from the ...
Page 62
... human strife , Smiles at the little cares and ills of life ; Its lights and shades , its sunshine and its showers ; As at a dream that charm'd her vacant hours ! Oft may the spirits of the dead descend To watch the silent slumbers of a ...
... human strife , Smiles at the little cares and ills of life ; Its lights and shades , its sunshine and its showers ; As at a dream that charm'd her vacant hours ! Oft may the spirits of the dead descend To watch the silent slumbers of a ...
Page 69
... human genius . The Historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived his design among the ruins of the Capitol ; and to the tones of a Welsh harp are we indebted for the Bard of Gray . GIBBON'S Hist . xii . 432. Mem ...
... human genius . The Historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived his design among the ruins of the Capitol ; and to the tones of a Welsh harp are we indebted for the Bard of Gray . GIBBON'S Hist . xii . 432. Mem ...
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... human heart . JUVENAL's little cup - bearer Suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem , Et casulam , et notos tristis desiderat hoedos . And the Argive , in the heat of battle , Dulces moriens reminiscitur Argos . NOTE 0. P. 25 , 1. 2 ...
... human heart . JUVENAL's little cup - bearer Suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem , Et casulam , et notos tristis desiderat hoedos . And the Argive , in the heat of battle , Dulces moriens reminiscitur Argos . NOTE 0. P. 25 , 1. 2 ...
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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