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... swells , than it subsides . See BOURN's Hist . of Westmoreland . P. 42 , 1. 21 . To what pure beings , in a nobler sphere , The several degrees of angels may probably have larger views , and some of them be endowed with сара- cities ...
... swells , than it subsides . See BOURN's Hist . of Westmoreland . P. 42 , 1. 21 . To what pure beings , in a nobler sphere , The several degrees of angels may probably have larger views , and some of them be endowed with сара- cities ...
Page 64
... swell the breeze ; Soon , issuing forth , shall glitter through the trees Vestures of nuptial white ; and hymns be sung , And violets scattered round ; and old and young , In every cottage - porch with garlands green , Stand still to ...
... swell the breeze ; Soon , issuing forth , shall glitter through the trees Vestures of nuptial white ; and hymns be sung , And violets scattered round ; and old and young , In every cottage - porch with garlands green , Stand still to ...
Page 97
... spirit : and , his theme the past , How eloquent he is ! His thoughts flow fast ; And , while his heart ( oh can the heart grow old ? False are the tales that in the World are told ! ) Swells in his voice , he knows not where to 97.
... spirit : and , his theme the past , How eloquent he is ! His thoughts flow fast ; And , while his heart ( oh can the heart grow old ? False are the tales that in the World are told ! ) Swells in his voice , he knows not where to 97.
Page 98
Samuel Rogers. Swells in his voice , he knows not where to end ; Like one discoursing of an absent friend . But there are moments which he calls his own . Then , never less alone than when alone , Those that he loved so long and sees no ...
Samuel Rogers. Swells in his voice , he knows not where to end ; Like one discoursing of an absent friend . But there are moments which he calls his own . Then , never less alone than when alone , Those that he loved so long and sees no ...
Page 150
... swell , And lo , an humble Piedmontese , Whose music might a lady please , This message thro ' the lattice bore , ( She listened , and her trembling frame Told her at once from whom it came ) " Oh let us fly - to part no more ! " Turner ...
... swell , And lo , an humble Piedmontese , Whose music might a lady please , This message thro ' the lattice bore , ( She listened , and her trembling frame Told her at once from whom it came ) " Oh let us fly - to part no more ! " Turner ...
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age to age ancient bids bless blest blush breathe bright calm CANTO charm Cicero clouds Columbus controul Cortes courser dark dear delight desert shore dream Euripides father fear Finden fled flowers fond gaze glory glows Goodall grave grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light live look mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once Petrarch pleasure rapture resigned rise round sacred sail SAMUEL ROGERS sate says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sire sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals Stothard sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Turner Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb voice wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings youth
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Page 15 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 294 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 113 - Though Somnus in Homer be sent to rouse up Agamemnon, I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer were but to act our antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America, and they are already past their first sleep in Persia.
Page 101 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 18 - And hence the charm historic scenes impart : Hence Tiber awes, and Avon melts the heart.
Page 105 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 101 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 106 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home ; and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 27 - SWEET MEMORY, wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy-haunts of long-lost hours, Blest with far greener shades, far fresher flowers. Ages and climes remote to Thee impart What charms in Genius and refines in Art ; Thee, in whose...
Page 50 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among...