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Page 159
... Canto V. P. 149 , 1. 6 . And , with the swallow , wings the year away ! It was the boast of Lucullus that he changed his climate with the birds of passage . How often must he have felt the truth here inculcated , that the master of many ...
... Canto V. P. 149 , 1. 6 . And , with the swallow , wings the year away ! It was the boast of Lucullus that he changed his climate with the birds of passage . How often must he have felt the truth here inculcated , that the master of many ...
Page 248
... Yet is there cause for rejoicing . Your work is done . The cross of Christ is planted here ; and , in due time , all things shall be made perfect . " THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS . CANTO I. Night - Columbus 248 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... Yet is there cause for rejoicing . Your work is done . The cross of Christ is planted here ; and , in due time , all things shall be made perfect . " THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS . CANTO I. Night - Columbus 248 ROGERS ' POEMS .
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Samuel Rogers. THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS . CANTO I. Night - Columbus on the Atlantic - the Variation of the Compass , & .c . SAY who , when age on age had rolled away , And still , as sunk the golden Orb of day , The seaman watched him ...
Samuel Rogers. THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS . CANTO I. Night - Columbus on the Atlantic - the Variation of the Compass , & .c . SAY who , when age on age had rolled away , And still , as sunk the golden Orb of day , The seaman watched him ...
Page 252
... CANTO II . The Voyage continued . " WHAT vast foundations in the Abyss are there , As of a former world ? Is it not where ATLANTIC kings their barbarous pomp displayed ; Sunk into darkness with the realms they swayed , When towers and ...
... CANTO II . The Voyage continued . " WHAT vast foundations in the Abyss are there , As of a former world ? Is it not where ATLANTIC kings their barbarous pomp displayed ; Sunk into darkness with the realms they swayed , When towers and ...
Page 254
... still , when they proceed , retire , As in the Desert burned the sacred fire ; Moving in silent majesty , till Night Descends , and shuts the vision from their sight . CANTO III . An Assembly of Evil Spirits . THO 254 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... still , when they proceed , retire , As in the Desert burned the sacred fire ; Moving in silent majesty , till Night Descends , and shuts the vision from their sight . CANTO III . An Assembly of Evil Spirits . THO 254 ROGERS ' POEMS .
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