 | James Russell Lowell - 1910 - 332 Seiten
...But he plumped into Helicon up to the waist, And muddied the stream ere he took his first taste. " There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and rare...with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so lithe and so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet ; 'T is as if a rough oak that for ages... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - 1912 - 514 Seiten
...nights With a semblance of flame by the chill Northern Lights. That of Hawthorne shows recognition : There is Hawthorne with genius so shrinking and rare...you hardly at first see the strength that is there. At this time Hawthorne had come before the world with only the first group of sketches issued under... | |
 | Joseph John Reilly - 1915 - 314 Seiten
...which he never abandoned. Speaking of Hawthorne and his "genius so shrinking and rare," he goes on : A frame so robust with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so lithe, and so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet; "Pis as if a rough oak that for ages... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1916 - 378 Seiten
...Review for July, 1837. (2) Lowell's reference to Hawthorne in " A Fable for Critics," beginning: " There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and rare...you hardly at first see the strength that is there." (3) Poe's estimate of Hawthorne in his review (1842?) of " Twice-Told Tales" to be found in his collected... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 410 Seiten
...protest in silence was brave ; IV. Hawthorne. "There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and rare s: That you hardly at first see the strength that is...; 'Tis as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, 90 With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the wood, Should bloom, after cycles of struggle and... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1917 - 662 Seiten
...But he plumped into Helicon up to the waist, And muddied the stream ere he took his first taste. ' There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and rare...so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet ; 'T is as if a rough oak that for ages had stood. With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1917 - 444 Seiten
...Fable for Critics has come nearer to an exact characterization of "the shyest of men" than anyone else: There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and rare...with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so lithe, and so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet; Tis as if a rough oak, that for ages... | |
 | Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association - 1921 - 614 Seiten
...ancient literature. After paying his compliments to Whittier and Richard H. Dana, he goes on to say: "There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and...with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so lithe and so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet; "Tis as if a rough oak that for ages had... | |
 | John Louis Haney - 1923 - 484 Seiten
...apart, And reveals the live Man, still supreme and erect, Underneath the bemummying wrappers of sect. There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and rare...so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet. Here's Cooper, who's written six volumes to show He's as good as a lord: well, let's grant that he's... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1923 - 100 Seiten
...voice was low and deep. Everyone who knew him responded to his charm. Lowell describes him as follows : "There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking and...with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so lithe, and so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet." stories, as he addresses an eager audience... | |
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T is as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the wood, Should bloom, after cycles of struggle and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe ; His strength is so tender, his... 
