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... poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! - Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When through the world it steals its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but ...
... poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! - Yet should this Verse , my leisure's best resource , When through the world it steals its secret course , Revive but once a generous wish supprest , Chase but ...
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... poet . I neither feel equal to the task of writing such , nor called upon to undertake it . A near relation is not likely to possess , or wish to possess , the required impar- tiality ; but these few pages may be useful as a preface to ...
... poet . I neither feel equal to the task of writing such , nor called upon to undertake it . A near relation is not likely to possess , or wish to possess , the required impar- tiality ; but these few pages may be useful as a preface to ...
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... Poet's grandfather , was a wealthy glass manufacturer at Stourbridge in Worcestershire , and lived at a large house called the Hill , near that town . His wife Martha , a daughter of Richard Knight of Downton , was dead . His family at ...
... Poet's grandfather , was a wealthy glass manufacturer at Stourbridge in Worcestershire , and lived at a large house called the Hill , near that town . His wife Martha , a daughter of Richard Knight of Downton , was dead . His family at ...
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... poet , and the auctioneer who had the honour of selling that portion of the Orleans Gallery of Pictures which its illustrious importers disposed of in London . These two literary and active - minded families may have had some share in ...
... poet , and the auctioneer who had the honour of selling that portion of the Orleans Gallery of Pictures which its illustrious importers disposed of in London . These two literary and active - minded families may have had some share in ...
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... Poet had in his mind when he said- " Here alone I search the record of each mouldering stone . " The visits to the Hill also sometimes led him to the Leasowes , lately the picturesque seat of the Poet Shenstone , who had been intimate ...
... Poet had in his mind when he said- " Here alone I search the record of each mouldering stone . " The visits to the Hill also sometimes led him to the Leasowes , lately the picturesque seat of the Poet Shenstone , who had been intimate ...
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age to age ancient beautiful blest Boccaccio breathed called chaos-like charm church clouds Columbus cried dark dead death delight dream dusk till dawn earth ELEONORA DI TOLEDO Euripides eyes father fear fled Florence flowers gate gazed GENOA gentle glows gone grave grey grove hand hast heard heart heaven holy hour ITALY light lived look lost mind morning Naples never Newington Green night o'er once passed Petrarch pleasure poems poet rest rise Rogers round sacred sail Samuel Rogers sate says scene shade shore sigh silent sitting sleep smile song soon soul spirit spoke stir stood Stourbridge sung sweet tears thee thine things Thomas Rogers thou thought thro Titian tower turned Twas VENICE Verdea verse voice walls wander wave whence wild wind wing young youth
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Page 140 - Her by her smile how soon the Stranger knows ; How soon by his the glad discovery shows ! As to her lips she lifts the lovely boy, What answering looks of sympathy and joy ! He walks, he speaks. In many a broken word His wants, his wishes, and his griefs are heard. And ever, ever to her lap he flies, When rosy Sleep comes on with sweet surprise.
Page 348 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 16 - Though all, that knew him, know his face no more, His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each, With that mute eloquence which passes speech. — And see, the master but returns to die ! Yet who shall...
Page 91 - Twas the hour of day . When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory opening in the west To golden climes and islands of the blest...
Page 21 - SWEET MEMORY, wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy-haunts of long-lost hours, Blest with far greener shades, far fresher flowers. Ages and climes remote to 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...
Page xxvii - Twas thine, Maria, thine without a sigh At midnight in a sister's arms to die. Oh thou wert lovely; lovely was thy frame, And pure thy spirit as from heaven it came: And when recall'd to join the blest above Thou diedst a victim to exceeding love, Nursing the young to health.
Page 284 - Of heaven ; and shall again. The hour shall come, When they who think to bind the ethereal spirit, Who, like the eagle cowering o'er his prey, Watch with quick eye, and strike and strike again If but a sinew vibrate, shall confess Their wisdom folly.
Page 6 - The mouldering gateway strews the grass-grown court, Once the calm scene of many a simple sport; When nature pleased, for life itself was new, And the heart promised what the fancy drew.
Page 205 - CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky Expand and shut with silent...
Page 10 - As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew, And traced the line of life with searching view, How throbbed my fluttering pulse with hopes and fears, To learn the colour of my future years!