The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... scene , during which two or three simple passions con- tinue in a state of the highest excitement . It is a voyage with intense anxiety in every bosom , controlled by magnanimous fortitude in the leader , and producing among his ...
... scene , during which two or three simple passions con- tinue in a state of the highest excitement . It is a voyage with intense anxiety in every bosom , controlled by magnanimous fortitude in the leader , and producing among his ...
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... and to meditate more , on the varying and crowded scene of human exist- ence . When the inordinate hopes of early youth , which provoke their own disappointment , have been sobered down by longer 38 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
... and to meditate more , on the varying and crowded scene of human exist- ence . When the inordinate hopes of early youth , which provoke their own disappointment , have been sobered down by longer 38 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
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... scenes of our existence . truck " The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character ; and the diction is as soft , elegant and simple , as the sentiments are generous and true The whole piece , indeed , is throughout in ...
... scenes of our existence . truck " The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character ; and the diction is as soft , elegant and simple , as the sentiments are generous and true The whole piece , indeed , is throughout in ...
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... scenes , in the style of Wat- teau . To this may be added much feeling for graceful movements , and cheerful , bright coloring . In his pictures , which adorn a chim- ney - piece , principal characters from Shakspeare's plays are repre ...
... scenes , in the style of Wat- teau . To this may be added much feeling for graceful movements , and cheerful , bright coloring . In his pictures , which adorn a chim- ney - piece , principal characters from Shakspeare's plays are repre ...
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... scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original ; and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light , he who feels the infirmities of age dwells most on whatever reminds him of the vigor ...
... scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original ; and , as cold and darkness suggest forcibly the ideas of heat and light , he who feels the infirmities of age dwells most on whatever reminds him of the vigor ...
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admirable Æneid age to age AMALFI ancient beautiful blest Boccaccio breathe bright called CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus cried dark dead delight distant dream earth Euripides eyes father fear feeling fled Florence flowers forever gazed GENOA glows gold gondolier gone grave grove hand heard heart heaven Hist holy hour light live look Lord Lord Byron Lord Landsdowne lost Madame de Staël mind musing Naples night o'er once Padua passed Petrarch picture pleasure poem poet poetical poetry rise Rogers round sacred sail Samuel Rogers sate says scene seen shade shifting sail shine shore sigh silent sitting sleep smile song soon soul spirit stir stood sung sweet tears thee thine things thou thought Titian turned VENICE Verdea verse voice wander wave weep whence wild wings young youth
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Page 222 - MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 325 - Stop at a palace near the Reggio-gate, Dwelt in of old by one of the Orsini. Its noble gardens, terrace above terrace, And rich in fountains, statues, cypresses, Will long detain...
Page 205 - Cabrieres which till then he neglected it is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself he tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects and humbles them at the instant makes them cry complain and repent yea even to hate their...
Page 446 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 205 - 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 327 - Orsini lived ; and long might'st thou have seen An old man wandering as in quest of something, Something he could not find — he knew not what.
Page 56 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good Night,— but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 404 - Awful memorials, but of whom we know not ! The seaman, passing, gazes from the deck. The buffalo-driver, in his shaggy cloak, Points to the work of magic and moves on. Time was they stood along the crowded street, Temples of gods ! and on their ample steps What various habits, various tongues, beset The brazen gates for prayer and sacrifice...
Page 207 - ... 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 28 - Ward has no heart, they say; but I deny it ; He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.