The Pleasures of MemoryE.H. Butler, 1861 - 110 pages |
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Page 23
... blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - gray ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his scrip we dropped our little store ...
... blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way , ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - gray ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention dwelt . As in his scrip we dropped our little store ...
Page 25
... Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipped in Nature's living hues , To pass the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the soul . Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain ...
... Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipped in Nature's living hues , To pass the clouds that round thy empire roll , And trace its airy precincts in the soul . Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain ...
Page 36
... as it relates to man and the animal world , the Poem concludes with a conjecture that superior beings are blest with a nobler exercise of this faculty . POEM . PART II . SWEET MEMORY , wafted by 36 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
... as it relates to man and the animal world , the Poem concludes with a conjecture that superior beings are blest with a nobler exercise of this faculty . POEM . PART II . SWEET MEMORY , wafted by 36 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
Page 37
... Blest with far greener shades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose ...
... Blest with far greener shades , far fresher flowers . Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius , and refines in Art ; Thee , in whose hand the keys of Science dwell , The pensive portress of her holy cell ; Whose ...
Page 40
... blest , The home of Happiness , an honest breast . But most we mark the wonders of her reign , When Sleep has locked the senses in her chain . When sober Judgment has his throne resigned , She smiles away the chaos of the mind ; And ...
... blest , The home of Happiness , an honest breast . But most we mark the wonders of her reign , When Sleep has locked the senses in her chain . When sober Judgment has his throne resigned , She smiles away the chaos of the mind ; And ...
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beneath blazing bleeding blest bliss breathed breeze bright Briton burst calm charm chase child child of Heaven clime clouds deep delight doom dread dream dust earth Fancy Fancy's fate fire fled fond gaze Genius glows grove hail hand Hark hath heart Heaven heavenly Hindoo hour isles life's light lingering live lonely Loxian melancholy mind mingles murmurs Muse native Nature Nature's night o'er pause peace pensive Plato Poem rapture repose rocks round rude sacred SAMUEL ROGERS sapient scenes seraph shade shore sigh silent SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE slumber smile song soothe sorrow soul sphere spirit spring storm sublime sweet tears thee THOMAS CAMPBELL thou thought thoughts inspire thunder trace trembling triumph Truth Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb Virtue wandering watch wave weep wheels wild winds wing woes worlds unknown wretch youth