The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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Page 28
... stranger's sail . Long have ye heard the narratives of age , The battle's havoc , and the tempest's rage ; Long have ye known Reflection's genial ray Gild the calm close of Valour's various day . Time's sombrous touches soon correct the ...
... stranger's sail . Long have ye heard the narratives of age , The battle's havoc , and the tempest's rage ; Long have ye known Reflection's genial ray Gild the calm close of Valour's various day . Time's sombrous touches soon correct the ...
Page 29
... stranger greets each native of his isle , So scenes of life , when present and confest , Stamp but their bolder features on the breast : Yet not an image , when remotely view'd , However trivial , and however rude , But wins the heart ...
... stranger greets each native of his isle , So scenes of life , when present and confest , Stamp but their bolder features on the breast : Yet not an image , when remotely view'd , However trivial , and however rude , But wins the heart ...
Page 31
... stranger there ; Her past'ral beauty , and her artless air , Had breath'd a soft enchantment o'er his soul ! In ev'ry nerve he felt her blest controul ! What pure and white - wing'd agents of the sky , Who rule the springs of sacred ...
... stranger there ; Her past'ral beauty , and her artless air , Had breath'd a soft enchantment o'er his soul ! In ev'ry nerve he felt her blest controul ! What pure and white - wing'd agents of the sky , Who rule the springs of sacred ...
Page 33
... stranger smil'd . Her little arts a fretful Sire to please , Her gentle gaiety , and native ease , Had won his soul ; and rapt'rous Fancy shed Her golden lights and tints of rosy red : But ah ! few days had pass'd ere the bright vision ...
... stranger smil'd . Her little arts a fretful Sire to please , Her gentle gaiety , and native ease , Had won his soul ; and rapt'rous Fancy shed Her golden lights and tints of rosy red : But ah ! few days had pass'd ere the bright vision ...
Page 72
... stranger wist not where to stray- The world was sad ! -the garden was a wild ! And Man , the hermit , sigh'd - till Woman smil'd ! True , the sad power to gen'rous hearts may bring Delirious anguish on his fiery wing : Barr'd from ...
... stranger wist not where to stray- The world was sad ! -the garden was a wild ! And Man , the hermit , sigh'd - till Woman smil'd ! True , the sad power to gen'rous hearts may bring Delirious anguish on his fiery wing : Barr'd from ...
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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