PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page 13
... shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon grey stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble thro ' the ring , When the heart danced , and ...
... shade , to trace The few fond lines that Time may soon efface . On yon grey stone , that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble thro ' the ring , When the heart danced , and ...
Page 17
... shade : All touched the talisman's resistless spring , And lo , what busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back ...
... shade : All touched the talisman's resistless spring , And lo , what busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back ...
Page 18
... shade and bid the verdure bloom ; So TULLY paused , amid the wrecks of Time , On the rude stone to trace the truth sublime ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal Sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet ...
... shade and bid the verdure bloom ; So TULLY paused , amid the wrecks of Time , On the rude stone to trace the truth sublime ; When at his feet , in honoured dust disclosed , The immortal Sage of Syracuse reposed . And as he long in sweet ...
Page 19
... shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks her babe to sleep : Tremblingly still , she lifts his veil to trace The father's features in his infant face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won ...
... shade ! Say why the pensive widow loves to weep , When on her knee she rocks her babe to sleep : Tremblingly still , she lifts his veil to trace The father's features in his infant face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won ...
Page 20
... shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES renounced a throne To muse with monks and meditate alone , What from his soul the parting tribute drew ? What claimed the sorrows of a last adieu ? The still retreats that soothed his tranquil ...
... shade . Say , when contentious CHARLES renounced a throne To muse with monks and meditate alone , What from his soul the parting tribute drew ? What claimed the sorrows of a last adieu ? The still retreats that soothed his tranquil ...
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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