(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... scenes of felicity which the imagination delights to contemplate ... the influence of anticipation upon the other passions is next delineated ... an allusion is made to the well - known fiction in Pagan tradition , that , when all the ...
... scenes of felicity which the imagination delights to contemplate ... the influence of anticipation upon the other passions is next delineated ... an allusion is made to the well - known fiction in Pagan tradition , that , when all the ...
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... 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 raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend ...
... 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 raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend ...
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... scene of residence , all that is pleasing in our estimate of happiness , compared to the skill of the great artist who personified perfect beauty , in the picture of Venus , by an assemblage of the most beautiful features he could find ...
... scene of residence , all that is pleasing in our estimate of happiness , compared to the skill of the great artist who personified perfect beauty , in the picture of Venus , by an assemblage of the most beautiful features he could find ...
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... 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 slumber of the dead ...
... 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 slumber of the dead ...
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... scenes ; Thy pencil traces on the lover's thought Some cottage - home , from towns and toil remote , Where love and lore may claim alternate hours , With Peace embosom'd in Idalian bow'rs ! Remote from busy life's bewilder'd way , O'er ...
... scenes ; Thy pencil traces on the lover's thought Some cottage - home , from towns and toil remote , Where love and lore may claim alternate hours , With Peace embosom'd in Idalian bow'rs ! Remote from busy life's bewilder'd way , O'er ...
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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