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... , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date , as his who traced them here . 1793 . PREDS Al ILLUSTRATIONS . A GARDEN SCENE . LEWELLYN HALL . ENGRAVED.
... , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date , as his who traced them here . 1793 . PREDS Al ILLUSTRATIONS . A GARDEN SCENE . LEWELLYN HALL . ENGRAVED.
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... blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - gray ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his scrip we dropt our little store , And ...
... blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - gray ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his scrip we dropt our little store , And ...
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... Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues , To pass the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the soul . Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain , Our ...
... Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues , To pass the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the soul . Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain , Our ...
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... relates to man and the animal world , the Poem concludes with a con- jecture that superior beings are blest with a nobler exercise of this faculty . LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA . THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 42 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... relates to man and the animal world , the Poem concludes with a con- jecture that superior beings are blest with a nobler exercise of this faculty . LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA . THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 42 ROGERS ' POEMS .
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... Blest with far greener shades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose ...
... Blest with far greener shades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose ...
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