PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page iii
... secret course , 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 faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere ...
... secret course , 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 faded cheek with honest joy ; Blest were my lines , tho ' limited their sphere ...
Page xxvi
Samuel Rogers. successful , and has ever since continued most popular . No secret was made of who was the author . He was acknowledged to be a true poet , and he held his rank unquestioned when , in the next half century , men arose ...
Samuel Rogers. successful , and has ever since continued most popular . No secret was made of who was the author . He was acknowledged to be a true poet , and he held his rank unquestioned when , in the next half century , men arose ...
Page xliii
... secret was made of the authorship . Jacqueline is a playful little piece with exquisite versification . Like the Introduc- tion to Columbus , ' it is in lines of eight syllables with irregular rhymes , but with all the careful accuracy ...
... secret was made of the authorship . Jacqueline is a playful little piece with exquisite versification . Like the Introduc- tion to Columbus , ' it is in lines of eight syllables with irregular rhymes , but with all the careful accuracy ...
Page xlvii
... as the author even by his friends . To make the con- cealment more certain , he had the secret kept from the bookseller , and took the trouble to be out of England at the time that it was published . Moreover LIFE OF SAMUEL ROGERS . xlvii.
... as the author even by his friends . To make the con- cealment more certain , he had the secret kept from the bookseller , and took the trouble to be out of England at the time that it was published . Moreover LIFE OF SAMUEL ROGERS . xlvii.
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... secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro ' the trees , Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven ...
... secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro ' the trees , Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze . That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First to these eyes the light of heaven ...
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