(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... sleeps , Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps She , while the lovely babe unconscious lies , Smiles on her slumb'ring child with pensive eyes , And weaves a song of melancholy joy- " Sleep , image of thy father ! sleep , my boy ...
... sleeps , Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps She , while the lovely babe unconscious lies , Smiles on her slumb'ring child with pensive eyes , And weaves a song of melancholy joy- " Sleep , image of thy father ! sleep , my boy ...
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... sleep , Poor Bk wakes - in solitude to weep ! " Cease , Mem'ry , cease ( the friendless mourner cried ) To probe the bosom too severely tried ! Oh ! ever cease , my pensive thoughts , to , stray Through the bright fields of Fortune's ...
... sleep , Poor Bk wakes - in solitude to weep ! " Cease , Mem'ry , cease ( the friendless mourner cried ) To probe the bosom too severely tried ! Oh ! ever cease , my pensive thoughts , to , stray Through the bright fields of Fortune's ...
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... sleeps , to wake no more ! " " done the flame of hate no longer burns ; Nature relents , but , ah ! too late returns ! Why does my soul this gush of fondness feel ? Trembling and faint , I drop the guilty steel Cold on my heart the hand ...
... sleeps , to wake no more ! " " done the flame of hate no longer burns ; Nature relents , but , ah ! too late returns ! Why does my soul this gush of fondness feel ? Trembling and faint , I drop the guilty steel Cold on my heart the hand ...
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... sleep . Ye household Deities ! whose guardian eye Mark'd each pure thought , ere register'd on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of inspiration round , As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each ...
... sleep . Ye household Deities ! whose guardian eye Mark'd each pure thought , ere register'd on high ; Still , still ye walk the consecrated ground , And breathe the soul of inspiration round , As o'er the dusky furniture I bend , Each ...
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... sleep , When only Sorrow wakes , and wakes to weep ; What spells entrance my visionary mind , With sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin'd ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ...
... sleep , When only Sorrow wakes , and wakes to weep ; What spells entrance my visionary mind , With sighs so sweet , with raptures so refin'd ? Ethereal Power ! whose smile at noon of night , Recalls the far - fled spirit of delight ...
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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