See, through the fractured pediment revealed, Where moss inlays the rudely-sculptured shield, The martin's old, hereditary nest. Long may the ruin spare its hallowed guest! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call! Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hall!... The Pleasures of Memory: With Other Poems - Page 11by Samuel Rogers - 1802 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1792 - 640 pages
...chair of juitice held the grave debate. • " * See-Rev, vol.lxxv. p. 49. VOL. vin, К Now Now ilain'd with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof...rung ; When round yon ample board, in due degree, We fweeten'd every meal with forial glee. Ttie heart's light laughter crown'd the circling jeft ; And... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1792 - 612 pages
...held the grave debate. Now itain'd with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peats of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board, in due degree, We fweetcn'd every meal with focial glee. The heart's light laughter crown'd the circling je ft; • Ana... | |
| 1793 - 542 pages
...antiquated ftate, The chair of jullicc held the grave debate. Now ftain'd with dews, with cobwebs darWy hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board, in due degree, We fweeten'd every meal with focial glee. The heart's light laughter crov/n'd the clrclin; jeft; And all... | |
| 1793 - 526 pages
...That hall, where once, in antiquated ftate, The cbair of juftice held the grave debate. Now ftain'd with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rungj When round yon ample board, in due degree, We fweeten'd every meal with focial glee. The heart's... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1801 - 222 pages
...sculptur'd shield, 10 The martin's old, hereditary nest. Long may the ruin spare its hallow'd guest ! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call ! Oh haste,...darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rang; When round yon ample board, in due degree, We sweeten'd every meal with social glee. The heart's... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 276 pages
...sculptured shield, The martin's old, hereditary nest. Long may tlie ruin spare its hallowed guest ! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call! Oh haste,...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 260 pages
...sculptured .shield, The martin's old, hereditary nest. Long may the ruin spare its hallowed guest! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call! Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hah1! That hall, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1820 - 160 pages
...rudely-sculptured shield, The martin's old, hereditary nest, Long may the ruin spare its hallowed guest ! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call ! Oh, haste, unfold the hospitable hall ! That ball, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1822 - 340 pages
...rudely-sculptured shield, The martin's old, hereditary nest. Long may the ruin spare its hallowed guest ! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call ! Oh haste,...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate-. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...rudely-sculptured shield, The martin's old hereditary nest. Long may the ruin spare its hallowed guest! en stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung; When round... | |
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