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Page 34
... gaze on every feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover sees the absent maid ; And the lost friend still lingers in his shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks her babe to sleep : Tremblingly ...
... gaze on every feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover sees the absent maid ; And the lost friend still lingers in his shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks her babe to sleep : Tremblingly ...
Page 45
... gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , The racks of thought , and freezings of despair ! But pause not then - beyond the western wave , Go , see the captive bartered as a slave ! Crushed till his high , heroic spirit bleeds , And from his ...
... gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , The racks of thought , and freezings of despair ! But pause not then - beyond the western wave , Go , see the captive bartered as a slave ! Crushed till his high , heroic spirit bleeds , And from his ...
Page 48
... fond fool , when evening shades the sky , Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind 48 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... fond fool , when evening shades the sky , Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind 48 ROGERS ' POEMS .
Page 57
... gaze their various course surveyed . High hung in air the hoary goat reclined , His streaming beard the sport of every wind ; And , while the coot her jet - wing loved to lave , Rocked on the bosom of the sleepless wave ; The eagle ...
... gaze their various course surveyed . High hung in air the hoary goat reclined , His streaming beard the sport of every wind ; And , while the coot her jet - wing loved to lave , Rocked on the bosom of the sleepless wave ; The eagle ...
Page 58
... Gaze with delight on every scene she planned , Kiss every floweret planted by her hand . Ah ! still he traced her steps along the glade , When hazy hues and glimmering lights betrayed Half - viewless forms ; still listened as the breeze ...
... Gaze with delight on every scene she planned , Kiss every floweret planted by her hand . Ah ! still he traced her steps along the glade , When hazy hues and glimmering lights betrayed Half - viewless forms ; still listened as the breeze ...
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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