Florentine Tales: With Modern IllustrationsR. Bentley, 1847 - 331 Seiten |
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... monks were wont to stray , Unchecked , in quiet contemplative mood , And chiefly at the silent close of day ; For then the musing fancy seeks to brood On themes which lift our very souls above , And mingle all our thoughts with heaven ...
... monks were wont to stray , Unchecked , in quiet contemplative mood , And chiefly at the silent close of day ; For then the musing fancy seeks to brood On themes which lift our very souls above , And mingle all our thoughts with heaven ...
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... bee that in new honey caught , Dies overwhelmed by thorough saturation . So our good Abbot felt the Franklin's wife At once the joy and torment of his life XII . The wife and Bennet ( so the monk 6 CO [ CANTO I. THE ABBOT.
... bee that in new honey caught , Dies overwhelmed by thorough saturation . So our good Abbot felt the Franklin's wife At once the joy and torment of his life XII . The wife and Bennet ( so the monk 6 CO [ CANTO I. THE ABBOT.
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With Modern Illustrations Thomas Powell. XII . The wife and Bennet ( so the monk was called ) Would often in the Abbey's garden stray . This pleasant garden was full lofty walled , And spreading trees were growing every way , While ...
With Modern Illustrations Thomas Powell. XII . The wife and Bennet ( so the monk was called ) Would often in the Abbey's garden stray . This pleasant garden was full lofty walled , And spreading trees were growing every way , While ...
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... , So that I quite despair of Paradise ; Whereas I'm sure , if wedded peace were mine , I should all wives in piety eclipse , And nought save Watts ' hymns should pass my lips . " XXXII . " Well , " said the monk , 16 [ CANTO I. THE ABBOT.
... , So that I quite despair of Paradise ; Whereas I'm sure , if wedded peace were mine , I should all wives in piety eclipse , And nought save Watts ' hymns should pass my lips . " XXXII . " Well , " said the monk , 16 [ CANTO I. THE ABBOT.
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With Modern Illustrations Thomas Powell. XXXII . " Well , " said the monk , " no question can be had That such a husband renders life unpleasant , And poisons holy thoughts . Indeed , I'm sad Whene'er I think that such a stupid peasant ...
With Modern Illustrations Thomas Powell. XXXII . " Well , " said the monk , " no question can be had That such a husband renders life unpleasant , And poisons holy thoughts . Indeed , I'm sad Whene'er I think that such a stupid peasant ...
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ABBOT OF FLORENCE agen angel Anne Green art thou barque beauty beneath blest Boccaccio breast breath bright brow CANTO Chrysos confest corse cried dark dead dear death despair dread dream ducats Duke e'en earth Emperor eyes fair Father feel fell Ferando Fiorante Franciscan friar gazing gentle Gilbert Girolamo glory grace grave Guenda hath heard heart heaven holy Hymen Jovinian kiss lady Lady Hester Stanhope look maid maiden marble Marquis Megatherium monk morning Muses ne'er neath never o'er once palace Pasquino passion pious poets poor pray prayer pride priest Purgatory Rigondi Saint Salvestra scorn sculptor seraph sigh Sighieri Simona sing sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spake spirit stood story sweet tale tears tell thee Theodoret thou thought told twas twill Vianelli wife woman wonder wretched XXIII XXXVI youth
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Seite 191 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises...
Seite 191 - ... and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over, and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministries here below. So is the prayer of a good man...
Seite 191 - ... and raised a tempest, and overruled the man; and then his prayer was broken, and his thoughts were troubled, and his words went up towards a cloud, and his thoughts pulled them back again, and made them without intention; and the good man sighs for his infirmity, but must be content to lose the prayer, and he must recover it when his anger is removed, and his spirit is becalmed, made even as the brow of Jesus, and smooth like the heart of God; and then it ascends to heaven upon the wings of the...
Seite 191 - ... here below. So is the prayer of a good man : when his affairs have required business, and his business was matter of discipline, and his discipline was to pass upon a sinning person, or had a design of charity ; his duty met with the...
Seite 191 - ... infirmities of a man, and anger was its instrument, and the instrument became stronger than the prime agent, and raised a tempest and overruled the man; and then his...
Seite 191 - I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a...
Seite 191 - ... and raised a tempest, and overruled the man ; and then his prayer was broken, and his thoughts were troubled, and his words went up towards a cloud, and his thoughts pulled them back again, and made them without intention, and the good man sighs for his infirmity, but must be content to lose the prayer, and he must recover it when his anger is removed, and his spirit is becalmed, and made even as the brow of Jesus, and smooth like the heart of God...
Seite 192 - In the Planets — the Moon — Mercury — Venus — the Sun — Mars — Jupiter and Saturn — also in the constellation, Gemini, &c. But, alas ! he forgot his maternal planet, Earth. Would it not have been possible to have planted some realm of paradise — some kingdom of heaven — there, also 1 Ah ! Dante ! THE FRANCISCAN ASS. A TALE FROM COLOMBE.
Seite 189 - The Tiara and the Turban " describes the incident as happening to himself at Rome ; the Pandar being his tutor, a Roman Catholic priest, esteemed for learning and wit, and not otherwise for licentiousness. Moreover, " The Decameron " itself is full of similar instances. CANTO III. " He will parade his quarrel with the fates, And join, in social pact, a band of desperates." — St. 1. There was some short time since, and probably still is, a society in Paris, expressly for the "mutual encouragement...
Seite 7 - By Heavens ! it must be a pleasant thing To live and die within a garden land, — To see the bursting herbage in the spring, And watch as day by day the buds expand ! To hear the sweet birds in the morning sing, Those songs which the pure heart can understand ! To sit at noon beneath the leafy tree, Whose rustling makes a music like the sea.