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Samuel Rogers. They in their glorious course the guides of Youth , Whose language breathed the eloquence of Truth ; Whose life , beyond preceptive wisdom , taught The great in conduct , and the pure in thought ; These still exist , by ...
Samuel Rogers. They in their glorious course the guides of Youth , Whose language breathed the eloquence of Truth ; Whose life , beyond preceptive wisdom , taught The great in conduct , and the pure in thought ; These still exist , by ...
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... youth that bids her slumbers fly . But not till Time has calmed the ruffled breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is Heaven's sweet smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's ...
... youth that bids her slumbers fly . But not till Time has calmed the ruffled breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is Heaven's sweet smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's ...
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... youth , When life was luxury , and friendship truth . Ah ! why should Virtue fear the frowns of Fate ? Hers what no wealth can buy , no power create ! A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wrecked by storms , nor mouldered by ...
... youth , When life was luxury , and friendship truth . Ah ! why should Virtue fear the frowns of Fate ? Hers what no wealth can buy , no power create ! A little world of clear and cloudless day , Nor wrecked by storms , nor mouldered by ...
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... youth , recoiling from the roar , Gazed on the tumbling tide of dread Lodore ; And thro ' the rifted cliffs , that scaled the sky , Derwent's clear mirror charmed his dazzled eye . Turner B 4 Goodall Each osier isle , inverted on the ...
... youth , recoiling from the roar , Gazed on the tumbling tide of dread Lodore ; And thro ' the rifted cliffs , that scaled the sky , Derwent's clear mirror charmed his dazzled eye . Turner B 4 Goodall Each osier isle , inverted on the ...
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... 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.
... 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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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 ÖSTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK Petrarch pleasure rapture resigned rise round sacred sail 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