The Pleasures of MemoryE.H. Butler, 1861 - 110 pages |
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Page 29
... 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 her babe to sleep : Tremblingly ...
... 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 her babe to sleep : Tremblingly ...
Page 39
... gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , The racks of thought , the freezings of despair ! But pause not then - beyond the western wave , Go , see the captive bartered as a slave ! Crushed till his high , heroic spirit bleeds , And from his ...
... gaze , the wild and frenzied glare , The racks of thought , the freezings of despair ! But pause not then - beyond the western wave , Go , see the captive bartered as a slave ! Crushed till his high , heroic spirit bleeds , And from his ...
Page 43
... gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumined , and by taste refined ? When age has quenched the eye , and ...
... gazes but to sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumined , and by taste refined ? When age has quenched the eye , and ...
Page 51
... gaze their various course surveyed . High hung in air , the hoary goat reclined , His streaming beard the sport of every wind ; And , while the coot her jet wing loved to lave , Rocked on the bosom of the sleepless wave ; The eagle ...
... gaze their various course surveyed . High hung in air , the hoary goat reclined , His streaming beard the sport of every wind ; And , while the coot her jet wing loved to lave , Rocked on the bosom of the sleepless wave ; The eagle ...
Page 52
... Gaze with delight on every scene she planned , Kiss every floweret planted by her hand . Ah ! still he traced her steps along the glade , When hazy hues and glimmering lights betrayed Half - viewless forms ; still listened as the breeze ...
... Gaze with delight on every scene she planned , Kiss every floweret planted by her hand . Ah ! still he traced her steps along the glade , When hazy hues and glimmering lights betrayed Half - viewless forms ; still listened as the breeze ...
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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