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... , We sweetened every meal with social glee . The heart's light laughter crowned the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . nderson Twas here we chased the slipper by its sound 12 PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
... , We sweetened every meal with social glee . The heart's light laughter crowned the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . nderson Twas here we chased the slipper by its sound 12 PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
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... breast ! This truth once known .... To bless is to be blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way ; ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - grey ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention ...
... breast ! This truth once known .... To bless is to be blest ! We led the bending beggar on his way ; ( Bare were his feet , his tresses silver - grey ) Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt , And on his tale with mute attention ...
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... breast ; Still shall this active principle preside , And wake the tear to pity's self denied . The interpid Swiss that guards a foreign shore , Condemned to climb his mountain - cliffs no more , 1 If chance he hears the song so sweetly ...
... breast ; Still shall this active principle preside , And wake the tear to pity's self denied . The interpid Swiss that guards a foreign shore , Condemned to climb his mountain - cliffs no more , 1 If chance he hears the song so sweetly ...
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... breast , Ere grandeur dazzled , and its cares oppressed . Undamped by time , the generous instinct glows Far as Angola's sands , as Zembla's snows . Glows in the tiger's den , the serpent's nest , PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 25.
... breast , Ere grandeur dazzled , and its cares oppressed . Undamped by time , the generous instinct glows Far as Angola's sands , as Zembla's snows . Glows in the tiger's den , the serpent's nest , PLEASURES OF MEMORY . 25.
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... breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is heaven's sweet smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's coast pursue the lessening sail , And catch the sounds that sadden every ...
... breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is heaven's sweet smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's coast pursue the lessening sail , And catch the sounds that sadden every ...
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adieu Æneid Alps bee-hives bend bids blast blest bliss blush breast breathed calm cell chains charm chase Cicero clime clouds confest coursers dark delight dreams dwell EVERT DUYCKINCK faithless fancy's feeling fled flows fond fondly gale gaze glade glows grove hail hanging wood Hark heart Hence Hist hour hues hung light live lustre magic Maximian melancholy melts mind murmurs muse native NAVARRE night NOTE o'er pause pensive PLEASURES OF MEMORY PLUT poor dog Tray rapture repose resigned rise ROBERT MERRY round rude sacred SAMUEL ROGERS scene shade shadowy sigh silent sleep smile soft sooth sorrow soul sphere spirit spring steals stream sweet swell tears tempest thee thine thou thought thoughts inspire trace triumphs truth Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL's tomb virtue voice wake wave weep whisper wild wind wing youth