The Pleasures of MemoryE.H. Butler, 1861 - 110 pages |
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... sweets , the choicest of the spring ! How oft inscribed , with Friendship's votive rhyme , The bark now silvered by the touch of Time ; Soared in the swing , half pleased and half afraid , Through sister elms that waved their summer ...
... sweets , the choicest of the spring ! How oft inscribed , with Friendship's votive rhyme , The bark now silvered by the touch of Time ; Soared in the swing , half pleased and half afraid , Through sister elms that waved their summer ...
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... sweet , with transports so refined ? Ethereal Power ! who at the noon of night Recall'st the far - fled spirit of delight ; From whom that musing , melancholy mood Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh ...
... sweet , with transports so refined ? Ethereal Power ! who at the noon of night Recall'st the far - fled spirit of delight ; From whom that musing , melancholy mood Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh ...
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... sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ruined Tusculan's romantic groves ? In Rome's great forum , who but hears him roll His moral thunders o'er the subject ...
... sweet delusion hung , Where once a PLATO taught , a PINDAR sung ; Who now but meets him musing , when he roves His ruined Tusculan's romantic groves ? In Rome's great forum , who but hears him roll His moral thunders o'er the subject ...
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... 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 loved his ...
... 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 loved his ...
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... Sweet bird ! thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , And unborn ages consecrate thy nest . When , with the silent energy of grief , With looks that asked , yet dared not hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valor clung To ...
... Sweet bird ! thy truth shall Harlem's walls attest , And unborn ages consecrate thy nest . When , with the silent energy of grief , With looks that asked , yet dared not hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valor clung To ...
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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