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Page 57
She tells of time mispent , of comfort lost , Of fair occasions gone for ever by ; Of hopes too fondly nursed , too rudely crossed , Of many a cause to wish , yet fear to die ; For what , except the instinctive fear Lest ...
She tells of time mispent , of comfort lost , Of fair occasions gone for ever by ; Of hopes too fondly nursed , too rudely crossed , Of many a cause to wish , yet fear to die ; For what , except the instinctive fear Lest ...
Page 64
... and from his door Slowly departing to return no more , He rests in holy earth with them that went before . And such is Human Life ; so gliding on , It glimmers like a meteor , and is gone ! Yet is the tale , brief though it be , 64.
... and from his door Slowly departing to return no more , He rests in holy earth with them that went before . And such is Human Life ; so gliding on , It glimmers like a meteor , and is gone ! Yet is the tale , brief though it be , 64.
Page 68
And some , not here called forth , may slumber on Till this vain pageant of a world is gone ; Lying too deep for things that perish here , Waiting for life — but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile ...
And some , not here called forth , may slumber on Till this vain pageant of a world is gone ; Lying too deep for things that perish here , Waiting for life — but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile ...
Page 76
Then come those full confidings of the past ; All sunshine now , where all was overcast . Then do they wander till the day is gone , Lost in each other ; and when Night steals on , Covering them round , how sweet her accents are ! 76.
Then come those full confidings of the past ; All sunshine now , where all was overcast . Then do they wander till the day is gone , Lost in each other ; and when Night steals on , Covering them round , how sweet her accents are ! 76.
Page 98
Then , never less alone than when alone , Those that he loved so long and sees no more , Loved and still loves - not dead - but gone before , He gathers round him ; and revives at will Scenes in his life - that breathe enchantment ...
Then , never less alone than when alone , Those that he loved so long and sees no more , Loved and still loves - not dead - but gone before , He gathers round him ; and revives at will Scenes in his life - that breathe enchantment ...
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Page 15 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
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Page 113 - Though Somnus in Homer be sent to rouse up Agamemnon, I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer were but to act our antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America, and they are already past their first sleep in Persia.
Page 101 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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| Title | Poems |
| Author | Samuel Rogers |
| Illustrated by | Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Stothard |
| Publisher | T. Cadell, and E. Moxon, 1834 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 295 pages |
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