The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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... hear the minstrel play , And games and carols clos'd the busy day : Her wheel at rest , the matron charms no more With treasur'd tales , and legendary lore . All , all are fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent ...
... hear the minstrel play , And games and carols clos'd the busy day : Her wheel at rest , the matron charms no more With treasur'd tales , and legendary lore . All , all are fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent ...
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... hear When soft it spoke a promis'd pleasure near ! And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feather'd feet of Time ! That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the cag'd linnet sooth'd my pensive ...
... hear When soft it spoke a promis'd pleasure near ! And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feather'd feet of Time ! That massive beam , with curious carvings wrought , Whence the cag'd linnet sooth'd my pensive ...
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... hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's long soliloquies a prey , When reason , justice , vainly urg'd his cause , For this he rous'd her sanguinary laws ; Glad to return , tho ' Hope could grant no ...
... hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's long soliloquies a prey , When reason , justice , vainly urg'd his cause , For this he rous'd her sanguinary laws ; Glad to return , tho ' Hope could grant no ...
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... hears him roll His moral thunders o'er the subject soul ! And hence that calm delight the portrait gives : We gaze on ev'ry feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover views the absent maid , And the lost friend still lingers in his ...
... hears him roll His moral thunders o'er the subject soul ! And hence that calm delight the portrait gives : We gaze on ev'ry feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover views the absent maid , And the lost friend still lingers in his ...
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Samuel Rogers. 12 If chance he hears the song so sweetly wild Which on those cliffs his infant hours beguil'd , Melts at the long - lost scenes that round him rise , And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs . 14 Ask not if courts or camps ...
Samuel Rogers. 12 If chance he hears the song so sweetly wild Which on those cliffs his infant hours beguil'd , Melts at the long - lost scenes that round him rise , And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs . 14 Ask not if courts or camps ...
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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