The Pleasures of MemoryParsons and Galignani, 1805 - 144 pages |
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... wish supprest , Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date as his who trac ...
... wish supprest , Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere , Tho ' short their date as his who trac ...
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... wish to live , and dare to die . [ sigh ; For this Foscari , whose relentless fate 7 Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's long soliloquies a prey , When reason , justice ...
... wish to live , and dare to die . [ sigh ; For this Foscari , whose relentless fate 7 Venice should blush to hear the Muse relate , When exile wore his blooming years away , To sorrow's long soliloquies a prey , When reason , justice ...
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... 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 to thy God express'd ; When thy last look , ere ...
... 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 to thy God express'd ; When thy last look , ere ...
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... wish to hold a place but such as know , and are known by us ? These are within the sphere of our influence , and among these , and their descendants , we may live evermore . It is a state of rewards and punishments , and like that ...
... wish to hold a place but such as know , and are known by us ? These are within the sphere of our influence , and among these , and their descendants , we may live evermore . It is a state of rewards and punishments , and like that ...
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... wish , yet fear , to die ; For what , except th ' instinctive fear Lest she survive , detains me here , When " " all the life of life " is fled- What but the deep inherent dread Lest she beyond the grave resume her reign , And realize ...
... wish , yet fear , to die ; For what , except th ' instinctive fear Lest she survive , detains me here , When " " all the life of life " is fled- What but the deep inherent dread Lest she beyond the grave resume her reign , And realize ...
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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