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... Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hailed him to the shore . And hence the charm historic scenes impart ; Hence Tiber awes , and Avon melts the heart . Aerial forms in Tempe's classic vale Glance thro ' the gloom , and ...
... Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hailed him to the shore . And hence the charm historic scenes impart ; Hence Tiber awes , and Avon melts the heart . Aerial forms in Tempe's classic vale Glance thro ' the gloom , and ...
Page 38
... hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , " Twas thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' twas thine perchance the first to die , Crushed by her meagre hand , when ...
... hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , " Twas thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' twas thine perchance the first to die , Crushed by her meagre hand , when ...
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... beyond preceptive wisdom , taught The great in conduct , and the pure in thought ; These still exist , by Thee to Fame consigned , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee gay Hope her airy colouring draws ; And.
... beyond preceptive wisdom , taught The great in conduct , and the pure in thought ; These still exist , by Thee to Fame consigned , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee gay Hope her airy colouring draws ; And.
Page 44
... Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light . The ...
... Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light . The ...
Page 47
... snatched the wreath of Fame , The spectre Poverty unnerved his frame . Cold was her grasp , a withering scowl she wore ; And Hope's soft energies were felt no more . Yet still how sweet the soothings of his art ! ROGERS ' POEMS . 47.
... snatched the wreath of Fame , The spectre Poverty unnerved his frame . Cold was her grasp , a withering scowl she wore ; And Hope's soft energies were felt no more . Yet still how sweet the soothings of his art ! ROGERS ' POEMS . 47.
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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