Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . SAMUEL —1855. It was a happy proof that, in our age, commerce and Hteraturcmay sometimes join hands, when a great banker took to writing])oems. The genius of Rogers was cahi^, equable, never soaring,and conscious of its own limitations. A purity and classicalrefinement, with something of the amateur or dilettante element,pervades them. Ijut not unpleasantly. ^-rv Tt). Go —you may call it madness, folly; You shall not chase my gloom such
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . SAMUEL —1855. It was a happy proof that, in our age, commerce and Hteraturcmay sometimes join hands, when a great banker took to writing])oems. The genius of Rogers was cahi^, equable, never soaring,and conscious of its own limitations. A purity and classicalrefinement, with something of the amateur or dilettante element,pervades them. Ijut not unpleasantly. ^-rv Tt). Go —you may call it madness, folly; You shall not chase my gloom such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay. Oh I if you knew the pensive pleasureThat fills my bosom, when I sigh. You would not rob me of a treasureMonarchs are too poor to buy. A WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hives hum shall soothe my ear ;A willowy brook that turns a mill With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch,Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch And share my meal, a welcome guest. 193
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