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... once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date ...
... once a generous wish supprest , Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date ...
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... once , in antiquated state , The chair of justice held the grave debate . Now stained with dews , with cobwebs darkly hung , Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board , in due degree , We sweetened every ...
... once , in antiquated state , The chair of justice held the grave debate . Now stained with dews , with cobwebs darkly hung , Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board , in due degree , We sweetened every ...
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... trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets , cased with venerable rust ; Those once 4 ROGERS ' POEMS . 25.
... trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets , cased with venerable rust ; Those once 4 ROGERS ' POEMS . 25.
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Samuel Rogers. Those muskets , cased with venerable rust ; Those once - loved forms , still breathing thro ' their dust , Still , from the frame in mould gigantic cast , Starting to life - all whisper of the Past ! As thro ' the garden's ...
Samuel Rogers. Those muskets , cased with venerable rust ; Those once - loved forms , still breathing thro ' their dust , Still , from the frame in mould gigantic cast , Starting to life - all whisper of the Past ! As thro ' the garden's ...
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... once known - To bless is to be blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - gray ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his scrip ...
... once known - To bless is to be blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - gray ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his scrip ...
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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