The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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... Pow'r ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far fled spirit of delight ; Instils that musing , melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest Mem'ry , hail ! Oh ! grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil ...
... Pow'r ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far fled spirit of delight ; Instils that musing , melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest Mem'ry , hail ! Oh ! grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil ...
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Samuel Rogers. But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Pow'r , Snatch the rich relics of a well - spent hour ! These , when the trembling spirit wings her flight , Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And gild those pure and ...
Samuel Rogers. But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Pow'r , Snatch the rich relics of a well - spent hour ! These , when the trembling spirit wings her flight , Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And gild those pure and ...
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... pow'r , The tyrant of the burning brain . She tells of time mispent , of comfort lost , Of fair occasions gone for ever by , Of hopes too fondly nurs'd , too rudely cross'd , Of many a cause to wish , yet fear , to die ; For what ...
... pow'r , The tyrant of the burning brain . She tells of time mispent , of comfort lost , Of fair occasions gone for ever by , Of hopes too fondly nurs'd , too rudely cross'd , Of many a cause to wish , yet fear , to die ; For what ...
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... pow'r , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ! Ah ! no , she darkly sees the fate of man Her dim horizon bounded to a span ; Or , if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ...
... pow'r , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ! Ah ! no , she darkly sees the fate of man Her dim horizon bounded to a span ; Or , if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ...
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... pow'r beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wand'rers whence they came , And ask each blood - stain'd form his earthly name ; Then weave in rapid verse the deeds they tell , And read the trembling ...
... pow'r beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wand'rers whence they came , And ask each blood - stain'd form his earthly name ; Then weave in rapid verse the deeds they tell , And read the trembling ...
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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