(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis Nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ! resides the heav'nly light , That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way , That A 2.
... if she hold an image to the view , ' Tis Nature pictur'd too severely true . With thee , sweet Hope ! resides the heav'nly light , That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way , That A 2.
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... thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage - cover'd fields , When front to front the banner'd hosts combine , Halt ere they close , and form the dreadful line . When all is still on ...
... thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage - cover'd fields , When front to front the banner'd hosts combine , Halt ere they close , and form the dreadful line . When all is still on ...
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... thee o'er many a cliff sublime , He found a warmer world , a milder clime , A home to rest , a shelter to defend , Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( d ) Congenial Hope ! thy passion - kindling power , How bright , how strong ...
... thee o'er many a cliff sublime , He found a warmer world , a milder clime , A home to rest , a shelter to defend , Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( d ) Congenial Hope ! thy passion - kindling power , How bright , how strong ...
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... thee roam , her guardian pow'r beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wand'rers whence they came , And ask each blood - stain'd form his earthly name ; Then weave , in rapid verse the deeds they tell ...
... thee roam , her guardian pow'r beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wand'rers whence they came , And ask each blood - stain'd form his earthly name ; Then weave , in rapid verse the deeds they tell ...
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... thee , I lay my head beneath the willow tree , Wilt thou , sweet mourner ! at my stone appear , And sooth my parted spirit ling'ring near ? Oh ! wilt thou come , at ev'ning hour , to shed The tears of memory o'er my narrow bed ; With ...
... thee , I lay my head beneath the willow tree , Wilt thou , sweet mourner ! at my stone appear , And sooth my parted spirit ling'ring near ? Oh ! wilt thou come , at ev'ning hour , to shed The tears of memory o'er my narrow bed ; With ...
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