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... . From an effect we naturally afcend to the cause ; and the subject proposed is then un- folded with an investigation of the nature and leading principles of this faculty . It is evident that there is a continued fucceffion of.
... . From an effect we naturally afcend to the cause ; and the subject proposed is then un- folded with an investigation of the nature and leading principles of this faculty . It is evident that there is a continued fucceffion of.
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... Not confined to man , it extends through all animated nature ; and its effects are peculiarly ftriking in the domestic tribes . THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY . PART I. TWILIGHT's foft dews viii ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST PART .
... Not confined to man , it extends through all animated nature ; and its effects are peculiarly ftriking in the domestic tribes . THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY . PART I. TWILIGHT's foft dews viii ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST PART .
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... grass - grown cou Once the calm scene of many a fimple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what the fancy drew . 20 See , thro ' the fractur'd pediment reveal'd , Where 10 THE PLEASURES.
... grass - grown cou Once the calm scene of many a fimple sport ; When nature pleas'd , for life itself was new , And the heart promis'd what the fancy drew . 20 See , thro ' the fractur'd pediment reveal'd , Where 10 THE PLEASURES.
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... nature fades , and life forgets to charm ; Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The fage's precept , and the poet's fong . What foften'd views thy magic glass reveals , 90 When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As ...
... nature fades , and life forgets to charm ; Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The fage's precept , and the poet's fong . What foften'd views thy magic glass reveals , 90 When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As ...
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... Nature's living hues , To país the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the foul . Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain , Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain . 170 Awake but one , and ...
... Nature's living hues , To país the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the foul . Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain , Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain . 170 Awake but one , and ...
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Æneid beſt bids bleft bluſh breaſt breath'd breathe burſts buſy cell charm chaſe Cicero clime cloſe controul courſe delight diſtant duſky facred fays fecret ferene fhade fhadowy fhall fhould figh filent firſt fleep flings flow fmile foft fome fond foon footh forrows foul fource fprings friendſhip ftill ftreaming fweet fwells glows grove gueſt hail happineſs heart heav'n Hence Hift honeft houſe hung imperial eagle Infpiration landſcape laſt light lov'd Maximian mind moft moſt mufing Muſe native NOTE o'er paffed pauſe penfive pleaſe pleaſure PLEASURES OF MEMORY purſued repoſe rife round rude ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhed ſhine ſky ſmall ſmile ſphere ſpirit ſtart ſteals ſtill ſubject ſweet tears thee theſe thine thoſe thou thought thouſand thro trace triumphs Twas uſe vale Verſe VESPASIAN vifions VIRGIL's tomb wake wave weep whiſper whofe Whoſe wild wing wiſh youth
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Page 178 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, 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.
Page 178 - 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...
Page 54 - 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 163 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 21 - PROSPERO'S mysterious spell Drew every subject-spirit to his cell; Each, at thy call, advances or retires, As judgment dictates, or the scene inspires. Each thrills the seat of sense, that sacred source Whence the fine nerves direct their mazy course, And thro...
Page 87 - Ghent, and, after stopping there a few days, to indulge that tender and pleasing melancholy which arises in the mind of every man in the decline of life on visiting the place of his nativity and viewing the scenes and objects familiar to him in his early youth...
Page 159 - ... shore, As all its lessening turrets bluely fade ; He climbs the mast to feast his eye once more, And busy fancy fondly lends her aid. Ah ! now, each dear, domestic scene he knew...
Page 163 - Sweet drop of pure and pearly light! In thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine.
Page 20 - Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 97 - HENCE, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence ! Thy chain of adamant can bind That little world, the human mind, And sink its noblest powers to impotence. Wake the lion's loudest roar, Clot his shaggy mane with gore, With flashing fury bid his eye-balls shine ; Meek is his savage, sullen soul, to thine ! Thy touch, thy deadening touch has steeled the breast, Whence, thro...