The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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Page 38
... proud beyond a Poet's praise , If the pure confines of thy tranquil breast Contain , indeed , the subject of thy lays ! By me how envied ! -for to me , The herald still of misery , Memory makes her influence known By sighs , and tears ...
... proud beyond a Poet's praise , If the pure confines of thy tranquil breast Contain , indeed , the subject of thy lays ! By me how envied ! -for to me , The herald still of misery , Memory makes her influence known By sighs , and tears ...
Page 49
... proud height , with genius hand in hand , I see thee light , and wave thy golden wand ! " Go , Child of Heaven ! ( thy winged words proclaim ) ' Tis thine to search the boundless fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton , Priest of Nature , shines ...
... proud height , with genius hand in hand , I see thee light , and wave thy golden wand ! " Go , Child of Heaven ! ( thy winged words proclaim ) ' Tis thine to search the boundless fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton , Priest of Nature , shines ...
Page 51
... proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mus'd on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a gen'rous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the Prophet's hand . " The living lumber of his kindred earth , Charm'd into soul ...
... proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mus'd on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a gen'rous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the Prophet's hand . " The living lumber of his kindred earth , Charm'd into soul ...
Page 53
... proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the ling'ring tide of life , and pour Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her lover's ...
... proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the ling'ring tide of life , and pour Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her lover's ...
Page 54
... proud one looks - and passes by ; Condemn'd on Pen'ry's barren path to roam , Scorn'd by the world , and left without a home- Ev'n he , at ev'ning , should he chance to stray Down by the hamlet's hawthorn - scented way , Where , round ...
... proud one looks - and passes by ; Condemn'd on Pen'ry's barren path to roam , Scorn'd by the world , and left without a home- Ev'n he , at ev'ning , should he chance to stray Down by the hamlet's hawthorn - scented way , Where , round ...
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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