Long may the ruin spare its hallowed guest ! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call ! Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hall ! That hall, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Poems - Page 3by Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 468 pages
...The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest; And all was sunshine in each little breast. 'T was here we chased the slipper by the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and round. 7T was here, at eve, we formed our fairy ring ; And Fancy fluttered on her wildest wing. Giants and... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 494 pages
...The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest; And all was sunshine in each little breast. 'T was here we chased the slipper by the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and round'T was here, at eve, we formed our fairy ring ; And Fancy fluttered on her wildest wing. Giants... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 558 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When...sweetened every meal with social glee. The heart's light langh pursued the exciting jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast. 'Twas here we traced... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stain'd with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board, in due degree, We sweeten'd every meal with social glee. The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When...degree, We sweetened every meal with social glee. The beart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast. '1'was... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round you ample board, in due degree, We sweeten'd every meal with social glee. The heart's light laugh...was sunshine in each little breast. 'Twas here we chas'd the slipper by the sound ; And turn'd the blind-fold hero round and round. 'Twas here, at eve,... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stain'd with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board, in due degree, We sweeten'd every meal with social glee. The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest, And all was... | |
| Calcutta univ - 1859 - 254 pages
...state, " The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung; When round yon ample board, in due degree, •j \ ' We sweetened every meal with social glee. The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest... | |
| Thomas Tate (mathematical master.) - 1860 - 394 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung; When...sound, And turned the blindfold hero round and round. Ye Household Deities! whose guardian eye Marked each pure thought, ere registered on high, Still, still... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When...jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast. 'T was here we chased the slipper by the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and round. 'T... | |
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