PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xix
... pages and found that the publisher had decided that his essay was deserving of publication , he was more and more fixed in his purpose to be an author . His enthusiasm for literature and his respect for authors were such that he wished ...
... pages and found that the publisher had decided that his essay was deserving of publication , he was more and more fixed in his purpose to be an author . His enthusiasm for literature and his respect for authors were such that he wished ...
Page xxxiii
... pages , chosen out of many , of his conversations with Horne Tooke , Erskine , Fox , and Grattan , to which he after- wards added some others . In after - life he used often to read these notes aloud to his friends ; and they have since ...
... pages , chosen out of many , of his conversations with Horne Tooke , Erskine , Fox , and Grattan , to which he after- wards added some others . In after - life he used often to read these notes aloud to his friends ; and they have since ...
Page lxiii
... page . ' In the Preface to the ' Pleasures of Memory , ' he tells us that his aim was to- ' Enlighten climes , and mould a future age— ' Dispense the treasures of exalted thought , " To virtue wake the pulses of the heart , ' And bid ...
... page . ' In the Preface to the ' Pleasures of Memory , ' he tells us that his aim was to- ' Enlighten climes , and mould a future age— ' Dispense the treasures of exalted thought , " To virtue wake the pulses of the heart , ' And bid ...
Page 29
... page diffuse The full reflection of her vivid hues . ' Tis but to die , and then , to weep no more , Then will he wake on Congo's distant shore ; Beneath his plantain's ancient shade renew The simple transports that with freedom flew ...
... page diffuse The full reflection of her vivid hues . ' Tis but to die , and then , to weep no more , Then will he wake on Congo's distant shore ; Beneath his plantain's ancient shade renew The simple transports that with freedom flew ...
Page 37
... Musing MEMORY loves to dwell , With her sister Solitude . Far from the busy world she flies , To taste that peace the world denies . Entranced she sits ; from youth to age , Reviewing Life's eventful page ; And noting , ere they 37.
... Musing MEMORY loves to dwell , With her sister Solitude . Far from the busy world she flies , To taste that peace the world denies . Entranced she sits ; from youth to age , Reviewing Life's eventful page ; And noting , ere they 37.
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admiration ancient beautiful bids blessed blest breathe bright called CANTO CHARLES JAMES Fox charm Cicero Columbus dark death delight dream Euripides eyes father fear feelings Finden fled flowers fond gaze Gilbert Wakefield glows Goodall grey grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Hist hope hour Household Deities hung Icarius Italy light line 15 lived look Lord mind musing Newington Green night o'er once Petrarch Pleasures of Memory poems Poet resigned Richard Sharp rise Rogers round sacred sail Samuel Rogers sate says scene secret shade shed shine sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit stood Stothard Stourbridge sung sweet swell taste tears thee thine Thomas Rogers thou thought thro trace trembling triumph Turner Twas verse virtue voice wake wandering wave weep wild wings wish Worcestershire young youth