The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -To thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song . What soften'd views thy magic glass reveals When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks , the orb of day , Long on ...
... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -To thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song . What soften'd views thy magic glass reveals When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks , the orb of day , Long on ...
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... Thee to Fame consign'd , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee sweet Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws : From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue ...
... Thee to Fame consign'd , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee sweet Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws : From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue ...
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... thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aim'd to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content ! When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest , Thy meek submission ...
... thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aim'd to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content ! When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest , Thy meek submission ...
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... if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ! resides the heav'nly light That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way That calls THE ...
... if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ! resides the heav'nly light That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way That calls THE ...
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... thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage - cover'd fields , When front to front the banner'd hosts combine , Halt ere they close , and form the dreadful line . When all is still on ...
... thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage - cover'd fields , When front to front the banner'd hosts combine , Halt ere they close , and form the dreadful line . When all is still on ...
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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