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... thro ' the trees . Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade First to these eyes the light of heaven conveyed . The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court ,
... thro ' the trees . Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade First to these eyes the light of heaven conveyed . The mouldering gateway strews the grass - grown court ,
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... shade ; Or strewed with crumbs yon root - inwoven seat , To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat ! Childhood's loved group revisits every scene ; The tangled wood - walk , and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and lo ...
... shade ; Or strewed with crumbs yon root - inwoven seat , To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat ! Childhood's loved group revisits every scene ; The tangled wood - walk , and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and lo ...
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... shade , When in the breeze the distant watch - dog bayed : - And heroes fled the Sibyl's muttered call , Whose elfin prowess scaled the orchard - wall . As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew , And traced the line of life with ...
... shade , When in the breeze the distant watch - dog bayed : - And heroes fled the Sibyl's muttered call , Whose elfin prowess scaled the orchard - wall . As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew , And traced the line of life with ...
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Samuel Rogers. It calls me hence , beneath their shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble ...
Samuel Rogers. It calls me hence , beneath their shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble ...
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... shade : All touched the talisman's resistless spring , And lo , what busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back ...
... shade : All touched the talisman's resistless spring , And lo , what busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back ...
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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