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... pensive hours : Rude is the sketch ; yet here thine eye may trace Thro scattered lays some holier thoughts of youth , Which , tho unwreathed with flowers of classic grace , May speak the simple energy of truth . Blest be thy days ! as ...
... pensive hours : Rude is the sketch ; yet here thine eye may trace Thro scattered lays some holier thoughts of youth , Which , tho unwreathed with flowers of classic grace , May speak the simple energy of truth . Blest be thy days ! as ...
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... , with muttered cries The pensive mourner thro the churchyard hies , Bends o'er MARIA's grave in speechless grief , With looks , that ask , yet seem to mock relief , And , crazed with anguish , turns his frantic glare 34 POWER OF.
... , with muttered cries The pensive mourner thro the churchyard hies , Bends o'er MARIA's grave in speechless grief , With looks , that ask , yet seem to mock relief , And , crazed with anguish , turns his frantic glare 34 POWER OF.
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... pensive memory lose the sense of pain , Charmed into peace beneath affection's reign . Nor less we own SECLUSION's magic skill To mould the temper , as she guides the will ; Beneath her shades the kindred virtues meet , Blend in gay ...
... pensive memory lose the sense of pain , Charmed into peace beneath affection's reign . Nor less we own SECLUSION's magic skill To mould the temper , as she guides the will ; Beneath her shades the kindred virtues meet , Blend in gay ...
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... pensive mood , Her best reliance , peace and soLITUDE . Transcendant bliss ! which souls sublime respire , Steeped in the streams of rapture's purest fire ; Whence all thy powers , thy charms beyond compare , Let thy rapt votary's ...
... pensive mood , Her best reliance , peace and soLITUDE . Transcendant bliss ! which souls sublime respire , Steeped in the streams of rapture's purest fire ; Whence all thy powers , thy charms beyond compare , Let thy rapt votary's ...
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... pensive air , Or breathed her grateful soul in thanks and prayer ; Such holy rites the good man loved to keep , Till praise and blessing brought the hour of sleep . Well may remembrance love the favored day My truant footsteps chanced ...
... pensive air , Or breathed her grateful soul in thanks and prayer ; Such holy rites the good man loved to keep , Till praise and blessing brought the hour of sleep . Well may remembrance love the favored day My truant footsteps chanced ...
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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.