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... holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp . They in their glorious course the guides of Youth , Whose language breathed the eloquence of Truth ; Whose life , beyond preceptive ...
... holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp . They in their glorious course the guides of Youth , Whose language breathed the eloquence of Truth ; Whose life , beyond preceptive ...
Page 80
... holy earth with them that went before . And such is Human Life ; so gliding on , It glimmers like a meteor , and is gone ! Yet is the tale , brief though it be , as strange , As full , methinks , of wild and wondrous change , As any ...
... holy earth with them that went before . And such is Human Life ; so gliding on , It glimmers like a meteor , and is gone ! Yet is the tale , brief though it be , as strange , As full , methinks , of wild and wondrous change , As any ...
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... holy fire That will not , cannot but with life expire ! Now , seraph - winged , among the stars we soar ; Now distant ages , like a day , explore , And judge the act , the actor now no more ; Or , in a thankless hour condemned to live ...
... holy fire That will not , cannot but with life expire ! Now , seraph - winged , among the stars we soar ; Now distant ages , like a day , explore , And judge the act , the actor now no more ; Or , in a thankless hour condemned to live ...
Page 88
... holy flame ! He thirsts for knowledge , speaks but to inquire ; And soon with tears relinquished to the Sire , Soon in his hand to Wisdom's temple led , Holds secret converse with the Mighty Dead ; Trembles and thrills and weeps as they ...
... holy flame ! He thirsts for knowledge , speaks but to inquire ; And soon with tears relinquished to the Sire , Soon in his hand to Wisdom's temple led , Holds secret converse with the Mighty Dead ; Trembles and thrills and weeps as they ...
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... flowers , Kindling her beauty — while , unseen , the least Twitches her robe , then runs behind the rest , Known by her laugh that will not be suppressed . Then before All they stand - the holy vow And ROGERS ' POEM S. 93.
... flowers , Kindling her beauty — while , unseen , the least Twitches her robe , then runs behind the rest , Known by her laugh that will not be suppressed . Then before All they stand - the holy vow And ROGERS ' POEM S. 93.
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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