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... hallowed scenes impart , To warm the fancy , and affect the heart ? Why swells the breast , alive at every pore , With throbs unknown , with pains unfelt before ? Why turns the restless glance on every side In grateful ΤΗΣ ...
... hallowed scenes impart , To warm the fancy , and affect the heart ? Why swells the breast , alive at every pore , With throbs unknown , with pains unfelt before ? Why turns the restless glance on every side In grateful ΤΗΣ ...
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... hallow transports , life can ne'er restore . So to the picture's many coloured face Time's secret touch imparts a ripening grace , Mellows each tint , and still , as dies the blaze , Each softer beauty on the canvass plays . Ask not ...
... hallow transports , life can ne'er restore . So to the picture's many coloured face Time's secret touch imparts a ripening grace , Mellows each tint , and still , as dies the blaze , Each softer beauty on the canvass plays . Ask not ...
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... hallowed seats , where oft in elder time Retiring science poured her strains sublime , Still shall the classic genius , wandering near , Drop o'er your sad remains the grateful tear : Still pay religious rites , as holy ground , Where ...
... hallowed seats , where oft in elder time Retiring science poured her strains sublime , Still shall the classic genius , wandering near , Drop o'er your sad remains the grateful tear : Still pay religious rites , as holy ground , Where ...
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... hallowed worth repairs A life of misery , and an age of cares ; For you shall fame her richest chaplet twine , And glory's halo wreathe a blaze divine , While distant worlds confess with voice combined SECLUSION'S power to 88 POWER OF.
... hallowed worth repairs A life of misery , and an age of cares ; For you shall fame her richest chaplet twine , And glory's halo wreathe a blaze divine , While distant worlds confess with voice combined SECLUSION'S power to 88 POWER OF.
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... hallowed , and by glooms endeared ; For there her guardian gods in mystic lays Unfolded heavenly truths to mortal gaze . So NUMA loved the consecrated grots , ( 22 ) Where holy sybils wove their fatal knots ; 1 Drew deep instruction ...
... hallowed , and by glooms endeared ; For there her guardian gods in mystic lays Unfolded heavenly truths to mortal gaze . So NUMA loved the consecrated grots , ( 22 ) Where holy sybils wove their fatal knots ; 1 Drew deep instruction ...
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anguish bard beauty BELISARIUS bend bless blest bliss blush breast breathes bright burst CALIPH calm CALYPSO Chamois charms cheek cheer cherub confest dark dead death deep despair dews divine dreams DRUID E'en e'er embrio enchantment fame fancy fancy's fate faultering flower fond genius gloom glowing grace grandeur grave grief grove hallowed HALLOWEEN haunts heart heaven holy hope horror hour hymn JOSEPH STORY KELPIE life's light lingering lonely lore LUCAN lyre melancholy memory's mind MONODY mourn muse NOTE nymphs o'er passion peace pensive PETRARCH PHARSALIA poem praise pride pure rapture reign retired rites roll round rude sacred scene SECLUSION's shades shed sigh sleep smile soft song sooth sorrow soul spirit sprite strains sublime sullen sway sweet swells tears tender thee thine thou thought thro tomb tranquil trembling truth twilight VAUCLUSE virtue voice wake weep Whence wild youth
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Page 142 - To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour...
Page 142 - Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour, when, stealing from the noise Of care and envy, sweet remembrance soothes With Virtue's kindest looks his aching breast, And turns his tears to rapture.
Page 140 - Say, dost thou mourn thy ravish'd mate, That oft enamour'd on thy strains has hung ? Or has the cruel hand of Fate Bereft thee of thy darling young ? Alas, for both I weep...
Page 127 - The attention : backward thro' her mazy walks Guiding the wanton fancy to her scope, To temples, courts or fields ; with all the band Of painted forms, of passions and designs Attendant : whence, if pleasing in itself, The prospect from that sweet accession gains Redoubled influence o'er the listening mind.
Page 129 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 148 - ... of millions are devoted to the service of a despotic prince, whose laws are blindly obeyed, and whose wishes are instantly gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty.
Page 139 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.