The Pleasures of MemoryE.H. Butler, 1861 - 110 pages |
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Page 19
... calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , through the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss inlays the rudely - sculptured shield , The ...
... calm scene of many a simple sport ; When nature pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , through the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss inlays the rudely - sculptured shield , The ...
Page 29
... calm delight the portrait gives : We gaze on every feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover sees the absent maid ; And the lost friend still lingers in his shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks ...
... calm delight the portrait gives : We gaze on every feature till it lives ! Still the fond lover sees the absent maid ; And the lost friend still lingers in his shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks ...
Page 30
... corrected mind The imperial fasces of a world resigned , Say why we trace the labors of his spade In calm Salona's philosophic shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES ronounced a throne , To 30 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 339.
... corrected mind The imperial fasces of a world resigned , Say why we trace the labors of his spade In calm Salona's philosophic shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES ronounced a throne , To 30 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 339.
Page 36
... calm and well- regulated mind that the Memory is most perfect ; and solitude is her best sphere of action . With this senti- ment is introduced a Tale illustrative of her influence in solitude , sickness , and sorrow . And the subject ...
... calm and well- regulated mind that the Memory is most perfect ; and solitude is her best sphere of action . With this senti- ment is introduced a Tale illustrative of her influence in solitude , sickness , and sorrow . And the subject ...
Page 44
... calm close of Valor'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 ...
... calm close of Valor'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 ...
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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