The Pleasures of Memory. [By Samuel Rogers.]P. Wogan, 1804 - 60 pages |
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... Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hail'd him to the shore . And hence the charm historic scenes impart : Hence Tiber awes , and Avon melts the heart . Aerial forms , in Tempe's claffic vale , Glance thro ' the gloom ...
... Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hail'd him to the shore . And hence the charm historic scenes impart : Hence Tiber awes , and Avon melts the heart . Aerial forms , in Tempe's claffic vale , Glance thro ' the gloom ...
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... hope relief . Want , with her babes , round generous Vaiour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' Twas thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' twas thine perchance the first to die , Crush'd by her meagre hand ...
... hope relief . Want , with her babes , round generous Vaiour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' Twas thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' twas thine perchance the first to die , Crush'd by her meagre hand ...
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... 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 , And Hope's ...
... 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 , And Hope's ...
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... snatch'd the wreath of Fame , The spectre Poverty unnerv'd his frame . Cold was her grasp , a withering scowl she wore 3 : And Hope's soft energies were felt no more . Yet still how sweet the soothings of his art ! PLEASURES OF MEMORY , 3.
... snatch'd the wreath of Fame , The spectre Poverty unnerv'd his frame . Cold was her grasp , a withering scowl she wore 3 : And Hope's soft energies were felt no more . Yet still how sweet the soothings of his art ! PLEASURES OF MEMORY , 3.
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... hope to trace The pensive softness of her angel face ? Can VIRGIL's verse , can RAPHAEL's touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye , And in the world's contagious climate ...
... hope to trace The pensive softness of her angel face ? Can VIRGIL's verse , can RAPHAEL's touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye , And in the world's contagious climate ...
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adieu bends blest breast breathe breeze calm chain charm charm'd chas'd clime clos'd clouds confest confin'd controul Cumberland Derwent's clear mirror dusky dwell faintly imag'd fancy Fancy's fled fleep FLORIO FOSCARI gale gaz'd gaze glade gray hail Hark HARLEM's walls attest Hast thou thro heart heav'n Hence High on exulting Hist homeward track descry 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 PLEASURES OF MEMORY rapture resign'd Richelieu round rous'd rude 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 truth shall HARLEM's Twas Venice VESPASIAN lov'd VIRGIL's tomb Virtue wakes wave Whence wind wing youth