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... feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the vigour and vivacity of his youth . The ... feelings , and gives exercise to every mild and generous pro- pensity . Not confined to man , it extends through all ...
... feels the infirmities of age , dwells most on whatever reminds him of the vigour and vivacity of his youth . The ... feelings , and gives exercise to every mild and generous pro- pensity . Not confined to man , it extends through all ...
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... feelings of a friend . The storied arras , source of fond delight , With old achievement charms the wildered sight ; And still , with Heraldry's rich hues imprest , On the dim window glows the pictured crest . The screen unfolds its ...
... feelings of a friend . The storied arras , source of fond delight , With old achievement charms the wildered sight ; And still , with Heraldry's rich hues imprest , On the dim window glows the pictured crest . The screen unfolds its ...
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... feeling . It is in a calm and well - regulated mind that the Memory is most perfect ; and solitude is her best sphere of action . With this sentiment is introduced a Tale illustrative of her influ- ence in solitude , sickness , and ...
... feeling . It is in a calm and well - regulated mind that the Memory is most perfect ; and solitude is her best sphere of action . With this sentiment is introduced a Tale illustrative of her influ- ence in solitude , sickness , and ...
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... feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye And in the world's contagious climate die ? She left the cave , nor marked the stranger there ; Her pastoral beauty , and her artless air Had breathed a soft enchantment o ...
... feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye And in the world's contagious climate die ? She left the cave , nor marked the stranger there ; Her pastoral beauty , and her artless air Had breathed a soft enchantment o ...
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... feeling fled , A mingled gleam of hope and triumph shed ; What to thy soul its glad assurance gave , Its hope in death , its triumph o'er the grave ? The sweet Remembrance of unblemished youth , The still inspiring voice of Innocence ...
... feeling fled , A mingled gleam of hope and triumph shed ; What to thy soul its glad assurance gave , Its hope in death , its triumph o'er the grave ? The sweet Remembrance of unblemished youth , The still inspiring voice of Innocence ...
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age to age ancient azure skies blessed blest blushes breathe bright calm CANTO Castilian language CHARLES JAMES FOX charm cheek child Cicero Columbus Cortes dark dead deep delight dream Euripides eyes faded father fear fled flowers gaze glad gliding glory glows gold gone grave grove heart Heaven Helicen Hence Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour Icarius inspires Juan Perez light line 17 linger little hour live look mind night o'er once pleasure Praxiteles Rábida rise rite round sacred sail sate says scene secret shade shed shine shore sigh silent sing sire sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring stood sung sweet swell tale tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs Twas vale vengeance rise victorious bands voice Voyage wake wandered wave weep wild wind wings youth
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Page 39 - Hail, MEMORY, hail ! in thy exhaustless mine From age to age unnumbered treasures shine ! Thought and her shadowy brood thy call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel when most alone ; The only pleasures we can call our own.
Page 115 - A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy at her wheel shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village church among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were given, With merry peals shall swell...
Page 67 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 29 - Than when the shades of time serenely fall On every broken arch and ivied wall; The tender images we love to trace, Steal from each year a melancholy grace ! And as the sparks of social love expand, As the heart opens in a foreign land; And, with a brother's warmth, a brother's smile, The stranger greets each native of his isle...
Page 38 - Oh thou ! with whom my heart was wont to share From Reason's dawn each pleasure and each care; With whom, alas ! I fondly hoped to know The humble walks of happiness below; If thy blest nature now unites above An angel's pity with a brother's love, Still o'er my life preserve thy mild control, Correct my views, and elevate my soul...
Page 115 - Go — you may call it madness, folly ; You shall not chase my gloom away. There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay.
Page 139 - 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; And human voices, on the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there...
Page 69 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home ; and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 56 - And soon again shall music swell the breeze ; Soon, issuing forth, shall glitter through the trees Vestures of nuptial white; and hymns be sung, And violets scattered round; and old and young, In every...
Page 60 - The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before...