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The poetical works of Samuel Rogers

with a memoir by Edward Bell
Rogers, Samuel (1763-1855)

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[Oh could my mind, unfolded in my page]
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THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY.
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AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND.
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THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS.
  
PREFACE.
  
THE ARGUMENT.
  
INSCRIBED ON THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.
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CANTO I. NIGHT—COLUMBUS ON THE ATLANTIC—THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, &C.
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CANTO II. THE VOYAGE CONTINUED.
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CANTO III. AN ASSEMBLY OF EVIL SPIRITS.
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CANTO IV. THE VOYAGE CONTINUED.
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CANTO V. THE VOYAGE CONTINUED.
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CANTO VI. THE FLIGHT OF AN ANGEL OF DARKNESS.
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CANTO VII. A MUTINY EXCITED.
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CANTO VIII. LAND DISCOVERED.
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CANTO IX. THE NEW WORLD.
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CANTO X. CORA—LUXURIANT VEGETATION—THE HUMMING-BIRD—THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
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CANTO XI. EVENING—A BANQUET—THE GHOST OF CAZZIVA.
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CANTO XII. A VISION.
  
[Thy lonely watch-tower, Larenille]
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JACQUELINE.
  
HUMAN LIFE.
  
ODE TO SUPERSTITION.
  
THE SAILOR.
  
A WISH.
  
AN ITALIAN SONG.
  
THE ALPS AT DAY-BREAK.
  
ON A TEAR.
  
WRITTEN IN A SICK CHAMBER.
  
TO TWO SISTERS.
  
TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIAGE.
  
WRITTEN TO BE SPOKEN BY MRS. SIDDONS.
  
A FAREWELL.
  
TO ---
  
FROM EURIPIDES.
  
FROM AN ITALIAN SONNET.
  
FROM A GREEK EPIGRAM.
  
A CHARACTER.
  
CAPTIVITY.
  
WRITTEN AT MIDNIGHT.
  
TO AN OLD OAK.
  
TO THE GNAT.
  
TO THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF LADY ---
  
TO A VOICE THAT HAD BEEN LOST.
  
TO THE BUTTERFLY.
  
TO ---
  
TO THE FRAGMENT OF A STATUE OF HERCULES,
  
AN EPITAPH ON A ROBIN-REDBREAST.
  
THE BOY OF EGREMOND.
  
WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND
  
ON --- ASLEEP.
  
AN INSCRIPTION IN THE CRIMEA.
  
AN INSCRIPTION FOR A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE GRACES.
  
WRITTEN AT MIDNIGHT.
  
REFLECTIONS.
  
FROM AN ITALIAN SONNET.
  
WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
  
WRITTEN AT DROPMORE,
  
WRITTEN AT STRATHFIELD SAYE.
  
WRITTEN IN JULY, 1834.
  
WRITTEN IN 1834.
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ITALY.

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[Oh could my mind, unfolded in my page]

Oh could my mind, unfolded in my page,
Enlighten climes and mould a future age
There as it glewed, with noblest frenzy fraught,
Dispense the treasures of exalted thought;
To Virtue wake the pulses of the heart,
And bid the tear of emulation start!
Oh could it still, through each succeeding year,
My life, my manners, and my name endear;
And, when the poet sleeps in silent dust,
Still hold communion with the wise and just!—
Yet should this Verse, my leisure's best resource,
When through the world it steals its secret course,
Revive but once a generous wish supprest,
Chase but a sigh or charm a care to rest;
In one good deed a fleeting hour employ,
Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy;
Blest were my lines, though limited their sphere,
Though short their date, as his who traced them here.
1793.
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