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... heart , And bid the tear of emulation start ! Oh could it still , thro ' each succeeding year , My life , my manners , and my name endear ; And , when the poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! — Yet ...
... heart , And bid the tear of emulation start ! Oh could it still , thro ' each succeeding year , My life , my manners , and my name endear ; And , when the poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! — Yet ...
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... heart promised what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss inlays the rudely ... heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . ' Twas here we chased the ...
... heart promised what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss inlays the rudely ... heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . ' Twas here we chased the ...
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... heart . That faithful monitor ' twas heaven to hear , When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings ...
... heart . That faithful monitor ' twas heaven to hear , When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings ...
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... heart danced , and life was in its spring ; Alas ! unconscious of the kindred earth , That faintly echoed to the voice of mirth . The glow - worm loves her emerald - light to shed , Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as ...
... heart danced , and life was in its spring ; Alas ! unconscious of the kindred earth , That faintly echoed to the voice of mirth . The glow - worm loves her emerald - light to shed , Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as ...
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... heart . As studious PROSPERO'S mysterious spell Drew every subject - spirit to his cell ; * Namque illic posuit solium , et sua templa sacravit Mens animi : hanc circum coëunt , densoque feruntur Agmine notitiæ , simulacraque tenuia ...
... heart . As studious PROSPERO'S mysterious spell Drew every subject - spirit to his cell ; * Namque illic posuit solium , et sua templa sacravit Mens animi : hanc circum coëunt , densoque feruntur Agmine notitiæ , simulacraque tenuia ...
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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