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... , That shun the sphere of pleasure's gay control , In the still shades of calm SECLUSION rise , And breathe their sweet , seraphic harmonies . PLEASURES OF MEMORY .. ON THE HEART . A 2 MAID OF MY HEART , for whom in happier time THE ...
... , That shun the sphere of pleasure's gay control , In the still shades of calm SECLUSION rise , And breathe their sweet , seraphic harmonies . PLEASURES OF MEMORY .. ON THE HEART . A 2 MAID OF MY HEART , for whom in happier time THE ...
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... calm career ; And , when thy minstrel slumbers with his song , Oh ! yield his shade a tributary tear : The sweet return may sooth some pensive mood Of one unknown , the muse of SOLITUDE . ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST PART . THE poem opens with ...
... calm career ; And , when thy minstrel slumbers with his song , Oh ! yield his shade a tributary tear : The sweet return may sooth some pensive mood Of one unknown , the muse of SOLITUDE . ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST PART . THE poem opens with ...
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... calm his wakeful ire , Ah ! who shall sketch in colors bright , as life , The moving agonies , the rapturous strife , The frequent sighs , which heaved his breast , to raise A friend to sooth him , and a bard to praise ? Vain were the ...
... calm his wakeful ire , Ah ! who shall sketch in colors bright , as life , The moving agonies , the rapturous strife , The frequent sighs , which heaved his breast , to raise A friend to sooth him , and a bard to praise ? Vain were the ...
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... Calm the fierce rage , which preys on human kind ? Can these , where conscience fills with deep dismay , Reverse the gloom , and change the night to day ? Can these , where anguish holds her fiery reign , Raze out the written troubles ...
... Calm the fierce rage , which preys on human kind ? Can these , where conscience fills with deep dismay , Reverse the gloom , and change the night to day ? Can these , where anguish holds her fiery reign , Raze out the written troubles ...
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... calm delights their erring souls employ , And sweet SECLUSION whispers promised joy . Else , when bold freedom late in thunder's voice ( 10 ) Burst their dim cells , and bade the dead rejoice , Recalled the victims from despair's ...
... calm delights their erring souls employ , And sweet SECLUSION whispers promised joy . Else , when bold freedom late in thunder's voice ( 10 ) Burst their dim cells , and bade the dead rejoice , Recalled the victims from despair's ...
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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.