The Pleasures of MemoryE.H. Butler, 1861 - 110 pages |
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... here ! What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning through the trees , Whose hollow turret woos the whistling breeze . ( 18 ) That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First Poem -Part I ,
... here ! What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning through the trees , Whose hollow turret woos the whistling breeze . ( 18 ) That casement , arched with ivy's brownest shade , First Poem -Part I ,
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... mark in each these mystic wonders wrought ; Oh mark the sleepless energies of thought ! The adventurous boy , that asks his little share , And hies from home with many a gossip's prayer , Turns on the neighboring hill , once more to see ...
... mark in each these mystic wonders wrought ; Oh mark the sleepless energies of thought ! The adventurous boy , that asks his little share , And hies from home with many a gossip's prayer , Turns on the neighboring hill , once more to see ...
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... Mark the fixed 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 ...
... Mark the fixed 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 ...
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... 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 , as warm Fancy's bright Elysium glows , From Her each image ...
... 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 , as warm Fancy's bright Elysium glows , From Her each image ...
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... , mount where Science sits sublime , Or wake the Spirit of departed Time . Who acts thus wisely , mark the moral Muse , A blooming Eden in his life reviews ! So rich the culture , though so small the space 42 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
... , mount where Science sits sublime , Or wake the Spirit of departed Time . Who acts thus wisely , mark the moral Muse , A blooming Eden in his life reviews ! So rich the culture , though so small the space 42 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
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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