PLEASURES OF MEMORY, AND OTHER POEMS, BY SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ. AND THE PAINS OF MEMORY, BY ROBERT MERRY. NEW-YORK; PUBLISHED BY EVERT DUYCKINCK, NO. 110 PEARL-STREET. M.Farlane & Long, printers. 10-27 OH! could my mind, unfolded in my page Dispense the treasure of exalted thought; To virtue wake the pulses of the heart, And bid the tear of emulation start! Oh! could it still, through each succeeding year, My life, my manners, and my name endear; Still hold communion with the wise and just!.... Chase but a sigh, or charm a care to rest; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ, Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy; Blest were my lines, though limited their sphere, Though short their date as his who traced them here. |