Lectures on English poetrySmith, Elder & Company, 1830 - 543 Seiten |
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... arrived , he put in coach his brazen footed steeds , All golden - maned , and paced with wings , and all in golden weeds He clothed himself ; the golden scourge , most elegantly done , He took , and mounted to his seat , and then the ...
... arrived , he put in coach his brazen footed steeds , All golden - maned , and paced with wings , and all in golden weeds He clothed himself ; the golden scourge , most elegantly done , He took , and mounted to his seat , and then the ...
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... arrived at much the same conclusion in his estimate of mankind , as the splenetic Recluse . They have the same disposition to depreciate whatever is the admiration , or the occupation of others . Jacques adds a burlesque stanza to the ...
... arrived at much the same conclusion in his estimate of mankind , as the splenetic Recluse . They have the same disposition to depreciate whatever is the admiration , or the occupation of others . Jacques adds a burlesque stanza to the ...
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... arrived at it's greatest perfection , is peculiarly rich in Lyrical Poems . From the writings of the early Dra- matists alone , we may extract gems " of purest ray serene , " whose brightness will shame the most ambitious efforts of ...
... arrived at it's greatest perfection , is peculiarly rich in Lyrical Poems . From the writings of the early Dra- matists alone , we may extract gems " of purest ray serene , " whose brightness will shame the most ambitious efforts of ...
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... arrived to the relief of the garrison , and proceeded to pay his respects to the Countess ; who went to meet him at the Castle - gates , and there gave him her thanks for his assistance . They entered the Castle hand in hand ; and the ...
... arrived to the relief of the garrison , and proceeded to pay his respects to the Countess ; who went to meet him at the Castle - gates , and there gave him her thanks for his assistance . They entered the Castle hand in hand ; and the ...
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... arrival will alike prevent the King , and me , from nursing a sentiment which ought to be stifled in it's birth . " Upon the old Lord de Grandison's arrival on a visit to his daughter , he failed not to observe the profound sorrow in ...
... arrival will alike prevent the King , and me , from nursing a sentiment which ought to be stifled in it's birth . " Upon the old Lord de Grandison's arrival on a visit to his daughter , he failed not to observe the profound sorrow in ...
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Seite 93 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Seite 204 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Seite 118 - Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain, all the good, of the elements
Seite 498 - And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne: and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Seite 370 - With those just spirits that wear victorious palms. Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did. till...
Seite 141 - And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Seite 196 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style...
Seite xiv - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Seite 4 - Whose honours with increase of ages grow, As streams roll down, enlarging as they flow; Nations unborn your mighty names shall sound, And worlds applaud that must not yet be found!
Seite 198 - And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay ! And wilt thou leave me thus ? That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among ; And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay...