The Pleasures of Memory: With Other PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - 167 pages |
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... sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! — Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but.
... sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! — Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When thro ' the world it steals its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but.
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... sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye Mark'd each pure thought , ere register'd on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round . As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each ...
... sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye Mark'd each pure thought , ere register'd on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round . As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each ...
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... sleep , When only Sorrow wakes , and wakes to weep , What spells entrance my visionary mind , With sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin❜d ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ...
... sleep , When only Sorrow wakes , and wakes to weep , What spells entrance my visionary mind , With sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin❜d ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ...
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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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... ! Say 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.
... ! Say 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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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