(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... Muses say , When Man and Nature mourn'd their first decay ; When every form of death , and every wo , Shot from malignant stars to earth below ; When Murder bared her arm , and rampant War Yok'd the red dragons of her iron car ; When ...
... Muses say , When Man and Nature mourn'd their first decay ; When every form of death , and every wo , Shot from malignant stars to earth below ; When Murder bared her arm , and rampant War Yok'd the red dragons of her iron car ; When ...
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... Muse shall shed Her moonlight halo on thy beauteous head ; Shall swell thy heart to rapture unconfin'd , And breathe a holy madness o'er thy mind . I see thee roam , her guardian pow'r beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight ...
... Muse shall shed Her moonlight halo on thy beauteous head ; Shall swell thy heart to rapture unconfin'd , And breathe a holy madness o'er thy mind . I see thee roam , her guardian pow'r beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight ...
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... Muse on the last farewell I leave behind , Breathe a deep sigh to winds that murmur low , And think on all my love , and all my wo ? " So speaks affection , ere the infant eye Can look regard , or brighten in reply ; But when the cherub ...
... Muse on the last farewell I leave behind , Breathe a deep sigh to winds that murmur low , And think on all my love , and all my wo ? " So speaks affection , ere the infant eye Can look regard , or brighten in reply ; But when the cherub ...
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... muse on Nature with a poet's eye ! And when the sun's last splendour lights the deep , The woods , and waves , and murm'ring winds asleep , When fairy harps th ' Hesperian planet hail , And the lone cuckoo sighs along the vale , His ...
... muse on Nature with a poet's eye ! And when the sun's last splendour lights the deep , The woods , and waves , and murm'ring winds asleep , When fairy harps th ' Hesperian planet hail , And the lone cuckoo sighs along the vale , His ...
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... Muse hath sung That ' suasive Hope hath but a Syren tongue ! True ; she may sport with life's untutor❜d day , Nor heed the solace of its last decay , The guileless heart her happy mansion spurn , And part , like Ajut - never to return ...
... Muse hath sung That ' suasive Hope hath but a Syren tongue ! True ; she may sport with life's untutor❜d day , Nor heed the solace of its last decay , The guileless heart her happy mansion spurn , And part , like Ajut - never to return ...
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