The Pleasures of MemoryE.H. Butler, 1861 - 110 pages |
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... song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , Long on the wave reflected lustres play ; Thy tempered beams of happiness resigned Glance ...
... song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight steals ! As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , Long on the wave reflected lustres play ; Thy tempered beams of happiness resigned Glance ...
Page 30
... song , so sweet , so wild , His heart would spring to hear it when a child , Melts at the long - lost scenes that round him rise , And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs . Ask not if courts or camps dissolve the charm ; Say why VESPASIAN ...
... song , so sweet , so wild , His heart would spring to hear it when a child , Melts at the long - lost scenes that round him rise , And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs . Ask not if courts or camps dissolve the charm ; Say why VESPASIAN ...
Page 38
... prolong , Weave the light dance and swell the choral song ; With rapt ear drink the enchanting serenade , And , as it melts along the moonlight glade , To each soft note return as soft a sigh , 38 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
... prolong , Weave the light dance and swell the choral song ; With rapt ear drink the enchanting serenade , And , as it melts along the moonlight glade , To each soft note return as soft a sigh , 38 THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
Page 64
... song of other times , His cottage home , his bark of slender sail , His glassy lake , and broomwood - blossom'd vale , Rush on his thought ; he sweeps before the wind , Treads the loved shore he sighed to leave behind ; Meets at each ...
... song of other times , His cottage home , his bark of slender sail , His glassy lake , and broomwood - blossom'd vale , Rush on his thought ; he sweeps before the wind , Treads the loved shore he sighed to leave behind ; Meets at each ...
Page 68
... song in Mercy's mellow stream ; To pensive drops the radiant eye beguile- For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile ; — On Nature's throbbing anguish pour relief , And teach impassioned souls the joy of grief ? " Yes ; to thy ...
... song in Mercy's mellow stream ; To pensive drops the radiant eye beguile- For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile ; — On Nature's throbbing anguish pour relief , And teach impassioned souls the joy of grief ? " Yes ; to thy ...
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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