(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... Fancy can repair From dark Oblivion , glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend , with all her heav'nly pow'r , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ? Ah ...
... Fancy can repair From dark Oblivion , glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend , with all her heav'nly pow'r , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ? Ah ...
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... Fancy beam , And aimless Hope delights her darkest dream . Oft when yon moon has climb'd the midnight sky , And the lone sea - bird wakes its wildest cry , Pil'd on the steep , her blazing faggots burn , To hail the bark that never can ...
... Fancy beam , And aimless Hope delights her darkest dream . Oft when yon moon has climb'd the midnight sky , And the lone sea - bird wakes its wildest cry , Pil'd on the steep , her blazing faggots burn , To hail the bark that never can ...
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... Fancy's energy , to glow , And rival all but Shakspeare's name below . And say , supernal Powers ! who deeply scan Heav'n's dark decrees , unfathom'd yet by man , When shall the world call down , to cleanse her shame , That embryo ...
... Fancy's energy , to glow , And rival all but Shakspeare's name below . And say , supernal Powers ! who deeply scan Heav'n's dark decrees , unfathom'd yet by man , When shall the world call down , to cleanse her shame , That embryo ...
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... fancy consecrates the scene Where rapture utter'd vows , and wept between ; ' Tis yours , unmov'd , to sever and to meet ; No pledge is sacred , and no home is sweet . Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed , The waveless calm , the ...
... fancy consecrates the scene Where rapture utter'd vows , and wept between ; ' Tis yours , unmov'd , to sever and to meet ; No pledge is sacred , and no home is sweet . Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed , The waveless calm , the ...
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... n's fair harbinger delight to pour Her blissful visions on thy pensive hour , No tear to blot thy memory's pictur'd page , No fears but such as fancy can assuage ; Though thy wild heart some hapless hour may miss The 98 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... n's fair harbinger delight to pour Her blissful visions on thy pensive hour , No tear to blot thy memory's pictur'd page , No fears but such as fancy can assuage ; Though thy wild heart some hapless hour may miss The 98 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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adieu ANTISTROPHE Belfast bleed blest bliss bosom breath'd breathe breeze bright burst burst of joy calm charm charm'd clime confest deep delight doom'd dread dust Erin go bragh eternal Fancy fate fire fond gale glows hail hallow'd hand Hark hath hear heart Heav'n heav'nly Hindoo Hope hour isles kindred life's light linger live lone lov'd lyre MEDEA melancholy Memory midnight mind mingles murmurs Muse native Nature Nature's night NOTE numbers o'er pangs parricide peace pensive Plato pleasure poor dog Tray pow'r rapture resign'd rocks round rude sacred scene seraph shade shore sigh silent sleep slumber smile song sooth sorrow soul sphere spirit storm sublime sweet swell tears thee thine thought thro trace trembling triumph Truth Twas vale Vespasian Virgil's tomb Virtue wake watch wave weep wild winds wing worlds unknown youth