The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir, Volumen 5Houghton, Osgood, 1880 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Adosinda amid ancient Arian arms Asturian bear behold beneath bless blest blood breath brought called Christian church Count Julian cried dear death doth dreadful earth Egilona España evil exclaimed faith false hermit Father Favila fear feet Florinda Goth grave grief hand happy hath head heard heart Heaven heavenly hermitage hexameter holy Holy Ark honor hope hour King Don Rodrigo knew land LEVERETT light look Lord mercy mind Moorish Moors mother mountain Mussulmen never night o'er Oliver Orpas passed peace Pelayo penance penitence poem prayer Prince relics replied ROBERT SOUTHEY Roderick round sacred seemed seen side siege of Ostend sight Siverian soul Spain spake spirit stood strength Sueves sure sword tears tell thee Theudemir thine things thou hast thought Toledo trochee vale vengeance victory voice ween wilt Witiza words youth
Pasajes populares
Página 337 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Página 180 - The school which they have set up may properly be called the Satanic school ; for though their productions breathe the spirit of Belial in their lascivious parts, and the spirit of Moloch in those loathsome images of atrocities and horrors which they delight to represent, they are more especially characterised by a Satanic spirit of pride and audacious impiety which still betrays the wretched feeling of hopelessness wherewith it is allied.
Página 243 - The example of the former is buono, suono; of the sdrucciola is femina, semina. The French, of the other side, hath both the male, as ban, son, and the female as plaise, taise, but the sdrucciola he hath not Where the English hath all three, as due, true; father...
Página 150 - She was araied all in lilly white, And in her right hand bore a cup of gold, With wine and water fild up to the hight, In which a Serpent did himselfe enfold, That horrour made to all that did behold ; But she no...
Página 270 - Beyond the arrows, shouts, and views of men. As oftentimes an eagle, ere the sun Throws o'er the varying earth his early ray, Stands solitary— stands immovable Upon some highest cliff, and rolls his eye, Clear, constant, unobservant, unabased, In the cold light above the dews of morn.
Página 243 - I know, is fit for both sorts : for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of vowels that it must ever be cumbered with elisions ; the Dutch so, of the other side, with consonants, that they cannot yield the sweet sliding fit for a verse ; the French, in his whole language, hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable saving two, called Antepenultima ; and little more hath the Spanish : and, therefore, very gracelessly may they use dactyls. The English is subject to none of these...
Página 242 - Now, of versifying there are two sorts, the one ancient, the other modern; the ancient marked the quantity of each syllable, and according to that framed his verse; the modern, observing only number, with some regard of the accent, the chief life of it standeth in that like sounding of the words, which we call rhyme.
Página 185 - Mountain and lake and vale ; the valley disrobed of its verdure ; Derwent retaining yet from eve a glassy reflection Where his expanded breast, then still and smooth as a mirror, Under the woods reposed ; the hills that, calm and majestic, Lifted their heads in the silent sky, from far Glaramara Bleacrag, and Maidenmawr, to Grizedal and westermost Withop.
Página 155 - Low our Tree of Hope is laid ! Low it lies : . . in evil hour, Visiting the bridal bower, Death hath levell'd root and flower. Windsor, in thy sacred shade, (This the end of pomp and power!) Have the rites of death been paid : Windsor, in thy sacred shade Is the Flower of Brunswick laid!
Página 269 - Turned not away its edge till night had closed Upon the field of blood. The Chieftains then Blew the recall, and from their perfect work Return'd rejoicing, all but he for whom All look'd with most expectance. He full sure Had thought upon that field to find his end Desired, and with Florinda in the grave Rest, in indissoluble union joined.