 | Alexander Smith - 1853 - 220 Seiten
...up, " As in a robe, and sleep. O, 't is a sleeping Poet ! and his verse Sings like the syren-isles. An opulent Soul Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods ! Methinks all poets should be gentle, fair, And ever young, and ever beautiful, I 'd have all Poets... | |
 | 1853 - 604 Seiten
...shore Is gross with sand.'' Again, speaking of a friendship accidentally formed with a young poet,— " An opulent soul Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods." In speaking of two lovers made for each other, the phrase is that they were " Matched like cymbals... | |
 | 1853 - 844 Seiten
...carrying an extensive bouquet in one hand, and in the other a large bag of money. A BLEEP I NO POET. An opulent soul Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold. All rich and rough with stories of the gods ! Fontenelle, when describing the difference in the mental constitution of the sexes, says — woman... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 Seiten
...is soft, And hath a touch of tenderness, as 'twere A gentle flower, grown musical ! A SLEEPING POET. An opulent soul Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods ! A. SMITH. MUSIC AND SLEEP. Come then, a song ; a winding gentle song To lead me into sleep. Let it... | |
 | 1853 - 774 Seiten
...down and give. This world is very lovely. 0, my God, I thank Thee that I live !"— p. 11. A POET. " An opulent soul Dropt In my path like a great cup of gold, All rich and rough witli stories of the gods." —p. 18. THE FAME-FEVER. " Do not poets' brows throb feverous Till they... | |
 | 1854 - 822 Seiten
...analogy or relation to the context or the story itself. Here is the lady's description of a poet : — "An opulent soul Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods.'' The lady thus condescends to tell who she is : — " Fair Sir, I am the empress of the wood, The courtier... | |
 | 1855 - 530 Seiten
...the poet is aroused : — " Oh, 'tis a sleeping Poet ! and his verse Sings like the syren-isles. — An opulent soul, Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods !" A long, and somewhat desultory conversation follows, as gorgeous as a sky all rainbows, — if such... | |
 | 1855 - 528 Seiten
...the poet is aroused :— " Oh,, 'tis a sleeping Poet! and his verse Sings like the syren-isles.—An opulent soul, Dropt in my path like a great cup of gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods !" A long, and somewhat desultory conversation follows, as gorgeous as a sky all rainbows,—if such... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1856 - 248 Seiten
...me up, As in a robe, and sleep. Oh, 'tis a sleeping Poet! and his verse Sings like the syren-isles. An opulent Soul Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods ! Methinks all poets should be gentle, fair, And ever young, and ever beautiful: I'd have all Poets... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1856 - 256 Seiten
...up, As in a robe, and sleep. Oh, 't is a sleeping Poet ! and his verse Sings like the syren-isles. An opulent Soul Dropt in my path like a great cup...gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods ! Methinks all poets should be gentle, fair, And ever young, and ever beautiful : I'd have all Poets... | |
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An opulent Soul Dropt in my path like a great cup of gold, All rich and rough with stories of the gods... 
