The Pleasures of Memory. [By Samuel Rogers.]P. Wogan, 1804 - 60 pages |
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... scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light ; he , who feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the ...
... scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light ; he , who feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the ...
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... scene . Still is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , When round the ruins of their ancient oak . The peasant's flock'd to hear the minstrel play , And games and carols clos'd the busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron charms no ...
... scene . Still is the hum that thro ' the hamlet broke , When round the ruins of their ancient oak . The peasant's flock'd to hear the minstrel play , And games and carols clos'd the busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron charms no ...
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... scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractur'd pediment reveal'd Where moss inlays the rudely - sculptur'd shield , The martin's old ...
... scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what the fancy drew . See , thro ' the fractur'd pediment reveal'd Where moss inlays the rudely - sculptur'd shield , The martin's old ...
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... seat , To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat ! ` ` Childhood's lov'd group revisits every scene , The tangled wood - walk and the tufted green Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and , lo , they live To PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
... seat , To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat ! ` ` Childhood's lov'd group revisits every scene , The tangled wood - walk and the tufted green Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and , lo , they live To PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
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... scenes farewell ! It calls me hence , beneath their shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray ftone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet , now seen no more ; Each eve we shot the ...
... scenes farewell ! It calls me hence , beneath their shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon gray ftone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet , now seen no more ; Each eve we shot the ...
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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