The Pleasures of Memory: With Other PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - 167 pages |
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... sweets , the choicest of the spring ! How oft inscrib'd , with Friendship's votive rhyme , The bark now silver'd by the touch of Time ; Soar'd in the swing , half pleas'd and half afraid , Thro ' sister elms that wav'd their summer ...
... sweets , the choicest of the spring ! How oft inscrib'd , with Friendship's votive rhyme , The bark now silver'd by the touch of Time ; Soar'd in the swing , half pleas'd and half afraid , Thro ' sister elms that wav'd their summer ...
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... sweet , with raptures so refin❜d ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ; Instils that musing , melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; C Blest MEMORY ...
... sweet , with raptures so refin❜d ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ; Instils that musing , melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; C Blest MEMORY ...
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... sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ruin'd Tusculan's romantic groves ? In Rome's great forum , who but hears him roll His moral thunders o'er the subject ...
... sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ruin'd Tusculan's romantic groves ? In Rome's great forum , who but hears him roll His moral thunders o'er the subject ...
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... Sweet bird ! 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.
... Sweet bird ! 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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... in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon. SWEET MEMORY , wafted by thy gentle gale ,
... in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon. SWEET MEMORY , wafted by thy gentle gale ,
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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