The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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... genius . The Historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived the design among the ruins of the Capitol ; and to the tones of a Welsh harp are we indebted for the Bard of Gray . GIBBON'S Hist . XII , 32. Memoirs of ...
... genius . The Historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire first conceived the design among the ruins of the Capitol ; and to the tones of a Welsh harp are we indebted for the Bard of Gray . GIBBON'S Hist . XII , 32. Memoirs of ...
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... Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell , Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp . The friends of Reason , and ...
... Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell , Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp . The friends of Reason , and ...
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... Genius lies ! He , whose arresting hand sublimely wrought Each bold conception in the sphere of thought ! Who from the quarried mass , like Phidias , drew Forms ever fair , creations ever new ! 2 But , as he fondly snatch'd the wreath ...
... Genius lies ! He , whose arresting hand sublimely wrought Each bold conception in the sphere of thought ! Who from the quarried mass , like Phidias , drew Forms ever fair , creations ever new ! 2 But , as he fondly snatch'd the wreath ...
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... Genius of this still retreat ! - Fair was her form - but who can hope to trace The pensive softness of her angel - face ! Can Virgil's verse , can Raphael's touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints ...
... Genius of this still retreat ! - Fair was her form - but who can hope to trace The pensive softness of her angel - face ! Can Virgil's verse , can Raphael's touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints ...
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... genius , whether in the department of science , or of taste Domestic felicity , how intimately connected with views of future happiness- Picture of a mother watching her infant when asleep Pictures of the pri- soner , the maniac , and ...
... genius , whether in the department of science , or of taste Domestic felicity , how intimately connected with views of future happiness- Picture of a mother watching her infant when asleep Pictures of the pri- soner , the maniac , and ...
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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