The Pleasures of Memory. [By Samuel Rogers.]P. Wogan, 1804 - 60 pages |
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... sorrows drew the ready tear . Oft with the babes we wander'd in the wood , Or view'd the forest - feats of Robin Hood : Oft , fancy - led , at midnight's fearful hour , With startling step we scal'd the lonely tow'r ; O'er infant ...
... sorrows drew the ready tear . Oft with the babes we wander'd in the wood , Or view'd the forest - feats of Robin Hood : Oft , fancy - led , at midnight's fearful hour , With startling step we scal'd the lonely tow'r ; O'er infant ...
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... Sorrow wakes , and wakes to weep ; What spells entrance my visionary mind , With sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin❜d ? Etherial Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight , Instills that ...
... Sorrow wakes , and wakes to weep ; What spells entrance my visionary mind , With sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin❜d ? Etherial Power ! whose smile , at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight , Instills that ...
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... sorrow's long soliloquies a prey , When reason , justice , vainly urg'd his cause ; For this he rous'd her sanguinary laws ; Glad to return , tho ' Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hail'd him to the shore . And hence ...
... sorrow's long soliloquies a prey , When reason , justice , vainly urg'd his cause ; For this he rous'd her sanguinary laws ; Glad to return , tho ' Hope could grant no more , And chains and torture hail'd him to the shore . And hence ...
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... sorrows of a last adieu ? The still retreats that sooth'd his tranquil breast , Ere grandeur dazzled , and its cares oppress'd . Undamp'd by time the generous Instinct glows , Far as Angola's sands , as Zembla's snows ; Glow's in the ...
... sorrows of a last adieu ? The still retreats that sooth'd his tranquil breast , Ere grandeur dazzled , and its cares oppress'd . Undamp'd by time the generous Instinct glows , Far as Angola's sands , as Zembla's snows ; Glow's in the ...
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... sorrow has softened into melancholy , she amuses with a retrospect of innocent pleasures , and inspires that noble confidence which results from the consci- ousness of having acted well . When sleep has sus- pended the organs of sense ...
... sorrow has softened into melancholy , she amuses with a retrospect of innocent pleasures , and inspires that noble confidence which results from the consci- ousness of having acted well . When sleep has sus- pended the organs of sense ...
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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