The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems |
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... life's unmeasur'd way ; Thus , from afar , each dim - discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been ; And every form , that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion , glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the ...
... life's unmeasur'd way ; Thus , from afar , each dim - discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been ; And every form , that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion , glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the ...
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... life's bewilder'd way , That calls each slumb'ring passion into play . Waked by thy touch , I see the sister band , On tiptoe watching , start at thy command , And fly where'er thy mandate bids them steer , To Pleasure's path , or ...
... life's bewilder'd way , That calls each slumb'ring passion into play . Waked by thy touch , I see the sister band , On tiptoe watching , start at thy command , And fly where'er thy mandate bids them steer , To Pleasure's path , or ...
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... life ! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds , and Ocean's wildest shore . Lo ! to the wintry winds the pilot yields His bark careering o'er unfathom'd fields ; Now on Atlantic waves he rides afar , Where Andes , giant ...
... life ! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds , and Ocean's wildest shore . Lo ! to the wintry winds the pilot yields His bark careering o'er unfathom'd fields ; Now on Atlantic waves he rides afar , Where Andes , giant ...
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... life , and liberty relume The dim - eyed tenant of the dungeon gloom , A long - lost friend , or hapless child restored , Smiles at his blazing hearth and social board ; Warm from his heart the tears of rapture flow , And virtue ...
... life , and liberty relume The dim - eyed tenant of the dungeon gloom , A long - lost friend , or hapless child restored , Smiles at his blazing hearth and social board ; Warm from his heart the tears of rapture flow , And virtue ...
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... life sprung startling at thy plastic call , Endless her forms , and man the lord of all ! Say , was that lordly form inspired by thee , To wear eternal chains and bow the knee ? Was man ordain'd the slave of man to toil , Yoked with the ...
... life sprung startling at thy plastic call , Endless her forms , and man the lord of all ! Say , was that lordly form inspired by thee , To wear eternal chains and bow the knee ? Was man ordain'd the slave of man to toil , Yoked with the ...
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