"As when in ocean sinks the orb of day, / Long on the wave reflected lustres play; / Thy tempered gleams of happiness resigned / Glance on the darkened mirror of the mind."
The Pleasures of Memory
14 entries in ESTC (1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800). First published in 1792; four editions within the year. <br>
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See <u>The Pleasures of Memory, a Poem, in Two Parts. By the Author of "An Ode to Superstition, With Some Other Poems."</u> (London: Printed by J. Davis, 1792) &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW113725913&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;. See also &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GkQ1AAAAMAAJ">1793 edition in Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers</u> (1875).