PoemsT. Cadell, and E. Moxon, 1834 - 295 pages |
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Page 113
Samuel Rogers. To each soft note return as soft a sigh , And bless the 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 ...
Samuel Rogers. To each soft note return as soft a sigh , And bless the 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 ...
Page 116
... sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumined , and by taste refined ? When age has quenched the eye , and closed the ear ...
... sigh ! The weary waste , that lengthened as he ran , Fades to a blank , and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind , By truth illumined , and by taste refined ? When age has quenched the eye , and closed the ear ...
Page 119
... sigh , With every claim of close affinity ! But these pure joys the world can never know ; In gentler climes their silver currents flow . Oft at the silent , shadowy close of day , When the hushed grove has sung its parting lay ; When ...
... sigh , With every claim of close affinity ! But these pure joys the world can never know ; In gentler climes their silver currents flow . Oft at the silent , shadowy close of day , When the hushed grove has sung its parting lay ; When ...
Page 141
... sigh ! The following stanzas are said to have been written on a blank leaf of this Poem . They present so affect ... sighs , and tears , and grief alone : I greet her as the fiend , to whom belong The vulture's ravening beak , the ...
... sigh ! The following stanzas are said to have been written on a blank leaf of this Poem . They present so affect ... sighs , and tears , and grief alone : I greet her as the fiend , to whom belong The vulture's ravening beak , the ...
Page 158
... sighs as woe begone , And folds his arms , and , where the willows wave , Glides in the moon - shine by a maiden's grave ? Come hither , boy , and clear thy open brow . Yon summer - clouds , now like the Alps , and now A ship , a whale ...
... sighs as woe begone , And folds his arms , and , where the willows wave , Glides in the moon - shine by a maiden's grave ? Come hither , boy , and clear thy open brow . Yon summer - clouds , now like the Alps , and now A ship , a whale ...
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age to age Almirante ancient birds bless blest breathed bright Cacique calm CANTO charm clouds Columbus Cortes courser dark deep delight desert shore dream DROPMORE Euripides fathers fear Finden fled flowers fond gaze gentle glad glimmering glory glows gold grave grove guavas hail heart heaven Hence Herrera Hist holy hope hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light lingered live MEMORY mighty Wind mind musing night o'er once pensive pleasure raptures resigned rise round rude sacred sail says scene secret shade shed shine shore sigh silent sleep slumber smile song soon sorrow soul sphere spirit spring stood Stothard RA sung sweet tears thee thou thought thro trace trembling triumph truth vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb voice Voyage wake wandered wave weep WESTMINSTER ABBEY whence wild wind wings youth Zemi