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... Turns on the neighbouring hill , once more to see The dear abode of peace and privacy ; And as he turns , the thatch among the trees , The smoke's blue wreaths ascending with the breeze , The village - common spotted white with sheep ...
... Turns on the neighbouring hill , once more to see The dear abode of peace and privacy ; And as he turns , the thatch among the trees , The smoke's blue wreaths ascending with the breeze , The village - common spotted white with sheep ...
Page 43
... turn my sail , To view the fairy - haunts of long - lost hours , Blest with far greener shades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of ...
... turn my sail , To view the fairy - haunts of long - lost hours , Blest with far greener shades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of ...
Page 48
... evening shades the sky , Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind 48 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... evening shades the sky , Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind 48 ROGERS ' POEMS .
Page 74
... Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The following stanzas are said to have been written on a blank leaf of this Poem . They present so affecting a reverse of the picture , that I cannot resist the opportunity of introducing ...
... Turns but to start , and gazes but to sigh ! The following stanzas are said to have been written on a blank leaf of this Poem . They present so affecting a reverse of the picture , that I cannot resist the opportunity of introducing ...
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... turn a footstep there , Leaving his story to the birds of air ; And now like Pylades ( in heaven they write Names such as his in characters of light ) Long with his friend in generous enmity , Pleading , insisting in his place to die ...
... turn a footstep there , Leaving his story to the birds of air ; And now like Pylades ( in heaven they write Names such as his in characters of light ) Long with his friend in generous enmity , Pleading , insisting in his place to die ...
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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