PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page iii
... bid the tear of emulation start ! Oh could it still , thro ' each succeeding year , My life , my manners , and my name endear ; And , when the poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! — Yet should this ...
... bid the tear of emulation start ! Oh could it still , thro ' each succeeding year , My life , my manners , and my name endear ; And , when the poet sleeps in silent dust , Still hold communion with the wise and just ! — Yet should this ...
Page xxxii
... bidding rise , " Thou wouldst call up and question . ' In his Epistle to a Friend ' Mr. Rogers describes his feelings at this period of his life , the value which he set upon the society of men rich in knowledge and in the powers of ...
... bidding rise , " Thou wouldst call up and question . ' In his Epistle to a Friend ' Mr. Rogers describes his feelings at this period of his life , the value which he set upon the society of men rich in knowledge and in the powers of ...
Page lxiii
... bid the tear of emulation start ; and that he should rest satisfied if his lines- ' Revive but once a generous wish supprest , ' Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; ' In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , ' Or flush one ...
... bid the tear of emulation start ; and that he should rest satisfied if his lines- ' Revive but once a generous wish supprest , ' Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; ' In one good deed a fleeting hour employ , ' Or flush one ...
Page 18
... bid the verdure bloom ; SO TULLY paused , amid the wrecks of Time , On the rude stone to trace the truth sublime ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal Sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion ...
... bid the verdure bloom ; SO TULLY paused , amid the wrecks of Time , On the rude stone to trace the truth sublime ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal Sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet delusion ...
Page 21
... bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heaven , the drenching dews of earth , The wanton insults of unfeeling mirth , These , when to guard Misfortune's sacred grave , Will firm Fidelity exult to brave . Led by what chart ...
... bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heaven , the drenching dews of earth , The wanton insults of unfeeling mirth , These , when to guard Misfortune's sacred grave , Will firm Fidelity exult to brave . Led by what chart ...
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