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... truth 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 ...
... truth 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 ...
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... Truth ; Whose every word enlightened and endeared ; In age beloved , in poverty revered ; In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give . But when the sons of peace , of pleasure sleep , When only ...
... Truth ; Whose every word enlightened and endeared ; In age beloved , in poverty revered ; In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give . But when the sons of peace , of pleasure sleep , When only ...
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... truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's sigh ; This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young FOSCARI , whose hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years ...
... truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's sigh ; This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . For this young FOSCARI , whose hapless fate Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years ...
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... truth sublime ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ...
... truth sublime ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ...
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... her native shades , her native skies : — ' Tis vain ! thro ' Ether's pathless wilds she goes , And lights at last where all her cares repose . Sweet bird thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , And ROGERS ' POEMS . 37.
... her native shades , her native skies : — ' Tis vain ! thro ' Ether's pathless wilds she goes , And lights at last where all her cares repose . Sweet bird thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , And ROGERS ' POEMS . 37.
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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