PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xv
... close boroughs and by bribery ; and he thought the American Colonies had not been treated with justice , when the nation was rushing into the American war . Such was the very able man under whom Samuel Rogers finished his school studies ...
... close boroughs and by bribery ; and he thought the American Colonies had not been treated with justice , when the nation was rushing into the American war . Such was the very able man under whom Samuel Rogers finished his school studies ...
Page xx
... close his hope for the future , and his belief that Reason will at last triumph over the rack and wheel of her old enemy : ' Canst thou , with all thy terrors crowned , ' Hope to obscure that latent spark , ' Destined to shine when suns ...
... close his hope for the future , and his belief that Reason will at last triumph over the rack and wheel of her old enemy : ' Canst thou , with all thy terrors crowned , ' Hope to obscure that latent spark , ' Destined to shine when suns ...
Page lii
... close , with that in which Cowper describes the same feelings when he had finished his translation of Homer ; and he placed the simple narrative of the Poet above the more measured sentences of the Historian . " The ' Poets , ' he said ...
... close , with that in which Cowper describes the same feelings when he had finished his translation of Homer ; and he placed the simple narrative of the Poet above the more measured sentences of the Historian . " The ' Poets , ' he said ...
Page 28
... close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light . The beauteous maid , who bids the world adieu , Oft of that world will snatch a fond ...
... close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light . The beauteous maid , who bids the world adieu , Oft of that world will snatch a fond ...
Page 34
... close of Valour's various day . Time's sombrous touches soon correct the piece , Mellow each tint , and bid each discord cease : A softer tone of light pervades the whole , And steals a pensive languor o'er the soul . Hast thou thro ...
... close of Valour's various day . Time's sombrous touches soon correct the piece , Mellow each tint , and bid each discord cease : A softer tone of light pervades the whole , And steals a pensive languor o'er the soul . Hast thou thro ...
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