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Page 83
... things that delight . " Oh , I would stop , and linger if I might ! " We fly ; no resting for the foot we find ; All dark before , all desolate behind ! At length the brink appears — but one step more ! We faint - On , on ! -we falter ...
... things that delight . " Oh , I would stop , and linger if I might ! " We fly ; no resting for the foot we find ; All dark before , all desolate behind ! At length the brink appears — but one step more ! We faint - On , on ! -we falter ...
Page 84
... things that perish here , Waiting for life - but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun , moon , and stars - the land , the sea , the sky To him shine out as in ...
... things that perish here , Waiting for life - but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun , moon , and stars - the land , the sea , the sky To him shine out as in ...
Page 101
... things Come in their turn . Morning , and Evening , brings Its holy office ; and the sabbath - bell , That over wood and wild and mountain - dell Wanders so far , chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical , most melancholy ...
... things Come in their turn . Morning , and Evening , brings Its holy office ; and the sabbath - bell , That over wood and wild and mountain - dell Wanders so far , chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical , most melancholy ...
Page 114
... as they wander , picturing things , like me , Not as they are but as they ought to be , Trace out the Journey through their little Day , And fondly dream an idle hour away . NOTES . P. 80 , 1. 8 . Stand still 114 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... as they wander , picturing things , like me , Not as they are but as they ought to be , Trace out the Journey through their little Day , And fondly dream an idle hour away . NOTES . P. 80 , 1. 8 . Stand still 114 ROGERS ' POEMS .
Page 118
... thing when we look round us on our arrival here ; which , while it lasts , never leaves us , rejoicing us by night as well as by day , and lighting up our very dreams ; yet when it fades , fades so fast , and , when it goes , goes out ...
... thing when we look round us on our arrival here ; which , while it lasts , never leaves us , rejoicing us by night as well as by day , and lighting up our very dreams ; yet when it fades , fades so fast , and , when it goes , goes out ...
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