The Pleasures of Memory. [By Samuel Rogers.]P. Wogan, 1804 - 60 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 impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell ,, The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp 1 Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp ...
... Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell ,, The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp 1 Oblivion steals upon her vestal - lamp ...
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... Thee sweet Hope her airy colouring draws ; And fancy's flights are fubject to thy laws . From thee that bosom spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray ...
... Thee sweet Hope her airy colouring draws ; And fancy's flights are fubject to thy laws . From thee that bosom spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray ...
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... , Devout yet cheerful , active yet resign'd ; Grant me , like thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aim'd to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 43.
... , Devout yet cheerful , active yet resign'd ; Grant me , like thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aim'd to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 43.
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adieu bends blest breast breath'd his firm breathe breeze calm chain charm charm'd chas'd clime clos'd clouds confest confin'd controul Cumberland delight but faintly dusky dwell faintly imag'd fancy Fancy's fled fleep FLORIO FOSCARI gale gaz'd gaze glade gray hail Hark heart heav'n Hence Herbert's consecrated grove Hist Hope's horse the homeward hour hues hung Innocence light live Long lov'd his Sabine Maximian melancholy melts mild mind muse native NAVARRE nobler NOTE NOTE f old ORMOND nobly PLEASURES OF MEMORY rapture resign'd Richelieu round rous'd rude Say why VESPASIAN scal'd scene seraphic shade shadowy ſhed sigh silent smile soft sooth'd sorrows soul sphere spirit spring steals sublime sweet the soothings tears Thee ting'd tints trace triumph Twas Venice VESPASIAN lov'd VIRGIL's tomb Virtue wakes wave Whence wild wood vales wind wing youth