PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page 9
... smiling in its sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye Marked each pure thought , ere registered on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round . As o'er the dusky furniture ...
... smiling in its sleep . Ye Household Deities ! whose guardian eye Marked each pure thought , ere registered on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of Inspiration round . As o'er the dusky furniture ...
Page 19
... smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue and each softer grace ...
... smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue and each softer grace ...
Page 22
... smile of morn . O'er thymy downs she bends her busy course , And many a stream allures her to its source . ' Tis noon , ' tis night . That eye so finely wrought , Beyond the search of sense , the soar of thought , Now vainly asks the ...
... smile of morn . O'er thymy downs she bends her busy course , And many a stream allures her to its source . ' Tis noon , ' tis night . That eye so finely wrought , Beyond the search of sense , the soar of thought , Now vainly asks the ...
Page 29
... smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's coast pursue the lessening sail , And catch the sounds that sadden every gale . Tell , if thou canst , the sum of sorrows there ; Mark the fixed gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , The racks ...
... smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's coast pursue the lessening sail , And catch the sounds that sadden every gale . Tell , if thou canst , the sum of sorrows there ; Mark the fixed gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , The racks ...
Page 30
... smiles away the chaos of the mind ; And , as warm Fancy's bright Elysium glows , From Her each image springs , each colour flows . She is the sacred guest ! the immortal friend ! Oft seen o'er sleeping Innocence to bend , In that dead ...
... smiles away the chaos of the mind ; And , as warm Fancy's bright Elysium glows , From Her each image springs , each colour flows . She is the sacred guest ! the immortal friend ! Oft seen o'er sleeping Innocence to bend , In that dead ...
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admiration ancient beautiful bids blessed blest breathe bright called CANTO CHARLES JAMES FOX charm Cicero Columbus dark death delight dream Euripides eyes father fear feelings Finden fled flowers fond gaze Gilbert Wakefield glows Goodall grey grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Hist hope hour Household Deities hung Icarius Italy light line 15 lived look Lord mind musing Newington Green night o'er once Petrarch Pleasures of Memory poems Poet reign Richard Sharp rise Rogers round sacred sail Samuel Rogers sate says scene secret shade shed shine sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit stood Stothard Stourbridge sung sweet swell taste tears thee thine Thomas Rogers thou thought thro trace trembling triumph Turner Twas verse virtue voice wake wandering wave weep wild wings wish Worcestershire young youth