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... 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 searching view , How throbbed my fluttering ...
... 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 searching view , How throbbed my fluttering ...
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... watch and weep in ELOISA's cell . ' Twas ever thus . Young AMMON , when he sought Where Ilium stood , and where PELIDES fought , Sate at the helm himself . No meaner hand Steered thro ' the waves ; and , when he struck the land , Such ...
... watch and weep in ELOISA's cell . ' Twas ever thus . Young AMMON , when he sought Where Ilium stood , and where PELIDES fought , Sate at the helm himself . No meaner hand Steered thro ' the waves ; and , when he struck the land , Such ...
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... from human strife , Smiles at the little cares and ills of life ; Its lights and shades , its sunshine and its showers ; As at a dream that charmed her vacant hours ! Oft may the spirits of the dead descend To watch ROGERS ' POEMS . 59.
... from human strife , Smiles at the little cares and ills of life ; Its lights and shades , its sunshine and its showers ; As at a dream that charmed her vacant hours ! Oft may the spirits of the dead descend To watch ROGERS ' POEMS . 59.
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Samuel Rogers. Oft may the spirits of the dead descend To watch the silent slumbers of a friend ; To hover round his evening - walk unseen , And hold sweet converse on the dusky green ; To hail the spot where first their friendship grew ...
Samuel Rogers. Oft may the spirits of the dead descend To watch the silent slumbers of a friend ; To hover round his evening - walk unseen , And hold sweet converse on the dusky green ; To hail the spot where first their friendship grew ...
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... is little to be envied , whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon , or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona . " - JOHNSON . P. 33 , 1. 18 . And watch and weep 66 ROGERS ' POEMS .
... is little to be envied , whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon , or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona . " - JOHNSON . P. 33 , 1. 18 . And watch and weep 66 ROGERS ' POEMS .
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