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... fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here alone I search the records of each mouldering stone . Guides of my life ! Instructors of my youth ! Who first unveiled the ...
... fathers lay , Roused us to rival each , the hero of his day . Hush , ye fond flutterings , hush ! while here alone I search the records of each mouldering stone . Guides of my life ! Instructors of my youth ! Who first unveiled the ...
Page 31
... , The smoke's blue wreaths ascending with the breeze , The village - common spotted white with sheep , The churchyard yews round which his fathers sleep ; All rouse Reflection's sadly - pleasing train , And oft ROGERS ' POEMS . 31.
... , The smoke's blue wreaths ascending with the breeze , The village - common spotted white with sheep , The churchyard yews round which his fathers sleep ; All rouse Reflection's sadly - pleasing train , And oft ROGERS ' POEMS . 31.
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... father's features in his infant face . The hoary grandsire 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 ...
... father's features in his infant face . The hoary grandsire 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 ...
Page 57
... the storm , A fatal trance hung o'er her pallid form ; Her closing eye a trembling lustre fired ; ' Twas life's last spark - it fluttered and expired ! The father strewed his white hairs in the wind , 8 ROGERS ' POEMS . 57.
... the storm , A fatal trance hung o'er her pallid form ; Her closing eye a trembling lustre fired ; ' Twas life's last spark - it fluttered and expired ! The father strewed his white hairs in the wind , 8 ROGERS ' POEMS . 57.
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... father cherished , and the maid caressed ! For ever would the fond enthusiast rove , With JULIA's spirit , thro ' the shadowy grove ; Gaze with delight on every scene she planned , Kiss every floweret planted by her hand . Ah ! still he ...
... father cherished , and the maid caressed ! For ever would the fond enthusiast rove , With JULIA's spirit , thro ' the shadowy grove ; Gaze with delight on every scene she planned , Kiss every floweret planted by her hand . Ah ! still he ...
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age to age ancient bids bless blest breathe bright called calm CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus Cortes courser dark dear delight dream Euripides father fear fled flowers fond gaze glory glows grave grove hail hand hear heart heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light live look mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once Pausanias Petrarch pleasure rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sire sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals stood sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Twas UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb virtue voice Voyage wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings youth