PoemsE. Moxon, 1839 - 48 pages |
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... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , [ steals ! Long ...
... Thee would the Muse invoke ! -to thee belong The sage's precept , and the poet's song . What softened views thy magic glass reveals , When o'er the landscape Time's meek twilight As when in ocean sinks the orb of day , [ steals ! Long ...
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... Thee to Fame consigned , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee gay Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws . From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue ...
... Thee to Fame consigned , Still speak and act , the models of mankind . From Thee gay Hope her airy colouring draws ; And Fancy's flights are subject to thy laws . From Thee that bosom - spring of rapture flows , Which only Virtue ...
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... thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content . When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest , Thy meek submission ...
... thee , whose heart knew no disguise , Whose blameless wishes never aimed to rise , To meet the changes Time and Chance present , With modest dignity and calm content . When thy last breath , ere Nature sunk to rest , Thy meek submission ...
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... thee round . Who spurs his horse against the mountain - side ; Then , plunging , slakes his fury in the tide ? Draws , and cries ho ! and , where the sun - beams At his own shadow thrusts along the wall ? Who dances without music ; and ...
... thee round . Who spurs his horse against the mountain - side ; Then , plunging , slakes his fury in the tide ? Draws , and cries ho ! and , where the sun - beams At his own shadow thrusts along the wall ? Who dances without music ; and ...
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... thee ; And now I write - what thou shalt never see ! At length the Father , vain his power to save , Follows his child in silence to the grave , ( That child how cherished , whom he would not give , Sleeping the sleep of death , for all ...
... thee ; And now I write - what thou shalt never see ! At length the Father , vain his power to save , Follows his child in silence to the grave , ( That child how cherished , whom he would not give , Sleeping the sleep of death , for all ...
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