PoemsE. Moxon, 1839 - 48 pages |
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... rapture rung ; When round yon ample board , in due degree , We sweetened every meal with social glee . The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . ' Twas here we chased the slipper by ...
... rapture rung ; When round yon ample board , in due degree , We sweetened every meal with social glee . The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . ' Twas here we chased the slipper by ...
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... raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue , and each softer grace ; What though the fiend's torpedo ...
... raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue , and each softer grace ; What though the fiend's torpedo ...
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... rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy ...
... rapture flows , Which only Virtue , tranquil Virtue , knows . When Joy's bright sun has shed his evening - ray , And Hope's delusive meteors cease to play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy ...
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... raptures from Reflection flow . Hail , noblest structures imaged in the wave ! A nation's grateful tribute to the brave . Hail , blest retreats from war and shipwreck , hail ! That oft arrest the wondering stranger's sail . Long have ye ...
... raptures from Reflection flow . Hail , noblest structures imaged in the wave ! A nation's grateful tribute to the brave . Hail , blest retreats from war and shipwreck , hail ! That oft arrest the wondering stranger's sail . Long have ye ...
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... rapture calls , Which breathes a soul into the silent walls ; 2 Which gathers round the Wise of every Tongue , All on whose words departed nations hung ; Still prompt to charm with many a converse sweet ; Guides in the world ...
... rapture calls , Which breathes a soul into the silent walls ; 2 Which gathers round the Wise of every Tongue , All on whose words departed nations hung ; Still prompt to charm with many a converse sweet ; Guides in the world ...
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