The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White. Complete in One VolumeLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1852 - 444 pages |
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... Nature given , And , like Prometheus , bring the fire of Heaven ! Prone to the dust Oppression shall be hurl'd , Her name , her nature , wither'd from the world ! Or , warm with Fancy's energy , to glow , And rival all but Shakspeare's ...
... Nature given , And , like Prometheus , bring the fire of Heaven ! Prone to the dust Oppression shall be hurl'd , Her name , her nature , wither'd from the world ! Or , warm with Fancy's energy , to glow , And rival all but Shakspeare's ...
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... Nature needs alloy , And fear and sorrow fan the fire of joy ! And say , without our hopes , without our fears , Without the home that plighted love endears , Without the smile from partial beauty won , Oh ! what were man ? —a world ...
... Nature needs alloy , And fear and sorrow fan the fire of joy ! And say , without our hopes , without our fears , Without the home that plighted love endears , Without the smile from partial beauty won , Oh ! what were man ? —a world ...
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... Nature every bliss recalls , Fleet as the meteor o'er the desert falls ; When , ' reft of all , yon widow'd sire appears A lonely hermit in the vale of years ; Say , can the world one joyous thought bestow To Friendship , weeping at the ...
... Nature every bliss recalls , Fleet as the meteor o'er the desert falls ; When , ' reft of all , yon widow'd sire appears A lonely hermit in the vale of years ; Say , can the world one joyous thought bestow To Friendship , weeping at the ...
Contents
THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY | 5 |
HUMAN LIFE | 19 |
AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND | 28 |
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