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" Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour?... "
Poems - Page 46
by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pages
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 21

1855 - 804 pages
...sober reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost work melts away ! But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour?...rest, Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest!" Nor are the enjoyments of Hope, anticipating the future, when clouds and darkness iť U4.V1J X \SUL1...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1855 - 442 pages
...sober reason play, Lo ! fancy's fairy frost-work rnelts away ; But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour?...realms of rest Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blessed. llOOEBS. Samuel Rogers was born in London, in 1762. He is a man of liberal for tune, and is...
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The Guardian, Volumes 6-7

Conduct of life - 1855 - 902 pages
...away ! But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch the rich relics of a well spent hour 1 These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight...perfect realms of rest, Where virtue triumphs, and her sona are blest 1 We know nothing of the poet's religious opinions. His poetry is always pure, moral,...
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Despotism: Or, The Last Days of the American Republic

Reuben Vose - Anti-Catholicism - 1856 - 482 pages
...Mrs. Cope adieu at the Astor House. CHAPTER XIV. DESPONDENCY. Bat can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour...perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her flons are blest ! ROGERS. THERE is now living in one of the most literary cities of New England, a...
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Despotism: Or, The Last Days of the American Republic

Reuben Vose - 1856 - 474 pages
...Mrs. Cope adieu at the Astor House. CHAPTER XIV. DESPONDENCY. But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour...living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realms ot rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her flons are blest ! ROGIRS. THERE is now living in one of the...
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The modern reader and speaker

David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...the grasp of power, snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour 1 These, when the trembling spirit a- wings her flight, pour round her path a stream of...rest, where Virtue triumphs and her sons are blest. XV.— BEAUTY AND EXPRESSION.— Thomta 3fx>re. THERE'S a beauty for ever unchangingly bright, like...
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Sketches of the Poetical Literature of the Past Half-century

David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1856 - 362 pages
...melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well- spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her...; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, When Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! " The "Epistle to a Friend," which followedin 1797,...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers

Samuel Rogers - 1856 - 458 pages
...(_Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ? _J These, when the trembling spirit wings her Sight, Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And...those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue trinmphs, and her sons are blest ! NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. Page 6, line 27. Te Household Deities,...
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The Standard Fifth Reader: (first-class Standard Reader) : for Public and ...

Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...sober Reason play, Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour...realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blessed.4* 5. — AMBITION. — Byron. He who ascends to mountain-tops27 shall find The loftiest peaks...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...of Art, the grasp of Power, Snateh the rich relies of a well-spent hour ? These, when the tremhling spirit wings her flight. Pour round her path a stream...those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue trinmphs and her sons are hlest I The fanu. HUMAN LIFE. The lark has sung his carol in the sky. The...
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