The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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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 ) Sooth'd 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 ) Sooth'd the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his ...
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... Truth , Whose ev'ry word enlighten'd and endear'd , In age belov'd , in poverty rever'd , In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give― But when the sons of peace and pleasure sleep , When only Sorrow ...
... Truth , Whose ev'ry word enlighten'd and endear'd , In age belov'd , in poverty rever'd , In Friendship's silent register ye live , Nor ask the vain memorial Art can give― But when the sons of peace and pleasure sleep , When only Sorrow ...
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... truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . [ sigh ; For this Foscari , whose relentless fate 7 Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming ...
... truth . Hence home - felt pleasure prompts the Patriot's This makes him wish to live , and dare to die . [ sigh ; For this Foscari , whose relentless fate 7 Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming ...
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... truth sublime ; When at his feet , in honour'd dust disclos'd , Th ' immortal Sage of Syracuse repos'd , And as his youth 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 honour'd dust disclos'd , Th ' immortal Sage of Syracuse repos'd , And as his youth 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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... , Eclipse her native shades , her native skies—— ' Tis vain ! -thro ' Ether's pathless wilds she goes , And lights at last where all her cares repose . B Sweet bird ! thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , OF MEMORY . 13.
... , Eclipse her native shades , her native skies—— ' Tis vain ! -thro ' Ether's pathless wilds she goes , And lights at last where all her cares repose . B Sweet bird ! thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , OF MEMORY . 13.
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beneath bless blest bliss bow'rs breast breath'd breeze bright charm charm'd clime confest controul David Garrick dear deep delight dread ev'ning ev'ry fame fancy fire fled flies flow'rs fond gale gen'rous genius glow grove hail Hark hath heart Heav'n heav'nly Hope hour life's light ling'ring live lonely lov'd Loxian Maximian memory mind mingling mirth mould'ring murmurs Muse native Nature Nature's o'er Old Bailey OLIVER GOLDSMITH pensive pleas'd pleasure pow'r pride proud rapture reign repose resign'd Richard Burke round rude sacred Samuel Johnson scene seraph shade shed shore sigh silent smile sooth sorrow soul spirit storm stranger sublime sweet SWEET Auburn tears thee thine thou thought thro toil trembling triumph Truth Twas tyrant vale Vespasian Vide page 126 Virgil's tomb virtue wand'ring wave wealth weep Whitefoord wild winds wing wretch youth