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... night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ; Inftils that mufing , melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Bleft MEMORY , hail ! Oh , grant the grateful Muse , 165 Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues ...
... night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ; Inftils that mufing , melancholy mood , Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Bleft MEMORY , hail ! Oh , grant the grateful Muse , 165 Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues ...
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... night . That eye fo finely wrought , 350 Beyond the search of sense , the foar of thought , Now vainly asks the scenes she left behind ; Its orb fo full , its vifion fo confin'd ! Who guides the patient pilgrim to her cell ? Who bids ...
... night . That eye fo finely wrought , 350 Beyond the search of sense , the foar of thought , Now vainly asks the scenes she left behind ; Its orb fo full , its vifion fo confin'd ! Who guides the patient pilgrim to her cell ? Who bids ...
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... night 25 With the mild magic of reflected light . The beauteous maid , that bids the world adieu , Oft of that world will snatch a fond review ; Oft at the shrine neglect her beads , to trace Some focial scene , fome dear , familiar ...
... night 25 With the mild magic of reflected light . The beauteous maid , that bids the world adieu , Oft of that world will snatch a fond review ; Oft at the shrine neglect her beads , to trace Some focial scene , fome dear , familiar ...
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... night to Silence giv❜n , Whispering feraphic vifions of her heav'n . 85 When the blithe fon of Savoy , journeying round With humble wares and pipe of merry found , From his green vale and fhelter'd cabin hies , And scales the Alps to ...
... night to Silence giv❜n , Whispering feraphic vifions of her heav'n . 85 When the blithe fon of Savoy , journeying round With humble wares and pipe of merry found , From his green vale and fhelter'd cabin hies , And scales the Alps to ...
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... with fearching glance purfue Some long - lov'd image vanifh'd from her view ; Dart thro ' the deep receffes of the past , O'er dufky forms in chains of flumber caft ; 140 With giant - grafp fling back the folds of night 50 THE PLEASURES.
... with fearching glance purfue Some long - lov'd image vanifh'd from her view ; Dart thro ' the deep receffes of the past , O'er dufky forms in chains of flumber caft ; 140 With giant - grafp fling back the folds of night 50 THE PLEASURES.
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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...