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Page 51
... never know ; In gentler climes their silver currents flow . Oft at the silent , shadowy close of day , When the hushed grove has sung its parting lay ; When pensive Twilight , in her dusky car , Comes slowly on to meet the evening ...
... never know ; In gentler climes their silver currents flow . Oft at the silent , shadowy close of day , When the hushed grove has sung its parting lay ; When pensive Twilight , in her dusky car , Comes slowly on to meet the evening ...
Page 60
... , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content . When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest 60 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content . When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest 60 ROGERS ' POEMS .
Page 69
... never add any embellishment ; ne quid scilicet oculorum consuetudini deperiret . — SUET . in Vit . Vesp . cap . ii . A similar instance occurs in the life of the venerable Perti- nax , as related by J. Capitolinus . " Posteaquam in ...
... never add any embellishment ; ne quid scilicet oculorum consuetudini deperiret . — SUET . in Vit . Vesp . cap . ii . A similar instance occurs in the life of the venerable Perti- nax , as related by J. Capitolinus . " Posteaquam in ...
Page 86
... his little hands in prayer , Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — And now the volume on her knee has caught His wandering eye - now many a written thought Never to die , with many a lisping sweet His 86 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... his little hands in prayer , Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — And now the volume on her knee has caught His wandering eye - now many a written thought Never to die , with many a lisping sweet His 86 ROGERS ' POEMS .
Page 87
Samuel Rogers. Never to die , with many a lisping sweet His moving , murmuring lips endeavour to repeat . Released , he chases the bright butterfly ; Oh he would follow - follow through the sky ! Climbs the gaunt mastiff slumbering in ...
Samuel Rogers. Never to die , with many a lisping sweet His moving , murmuring lips endeavour to repeat . Released , he chases the bright butterfly ; Oh he would follow - follow through the sky ! Climbs the gaunt mastiff slumbering in ...
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