Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volumen 5Robert Chambers Amer. Book Exchange, 1879 |
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... living passions of human nature and the wide theatre of the world , now ac curately known and discriminated , as a field for the exercise of ge nius . We have the benefit of all past knowledge and literature to exalt our standard of ...
... living passions of human nature and the wide theatre of the world , now ac curately known and discriminated , as a field for the exercise of ge nius . We have the benefit of all past knowledge and literature to exalt our standard of ...
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... living roses blow , Where nature spreads her richest dyes , Require the borrowed gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme , And talk of odours , talk of wine , Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : ' Tis all a cloud ...
... living roses blow , Where nature spreads her richest dyes , Require the borrowed gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme , And talk of odours , talk of wine , Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : ' Tis all a cloud ...
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... living lies , To want no more than may suffice And make that little do . We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind providence has sent , Nor aim beyond our power ; For , if our stock be very small , " Tis prudence to enjoy it ...
... living lies , To want no more than may suffice And make that little do . We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind providence has sent , Nor aim beyond our power ; For , if our stock be very small , " Tis prudence to enjoy it ...
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... living God , Urged with incessant shouts his glittering powers , And Judah shook through all her massy towers ; Round her sad altars press the prostrate crowd , Hosts beat their breasts , and suppliant chieftains bowed ; Loud shrieks of ...
... living God , Urged with incessant shouts his glittering powers , And Judah shook through all her massy towers ; Round her sad altars press the prostrate crowd , Hosts beat their breasts , and suppliant chieftains bowed ; Loud shrieks of ...
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... living author ) with that of Gertrude of Wyoming , which may have been suggested , very remotely and quite unconsciously , by Darwin's Eliza . Sir Walter Scott excels in painting battle - pieces , as overseen by some interested ...
... living author ) with that of Gertrude of Wyoming , which may have been suggested , very remotely and quite unconsciously , by Darwin's Eliza . Sir Walter Scott excels in painting battle - pieces , as overseen by some interested ...
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Página 292 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry Fays...
Página 262 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin, — his control Stops with the shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Página 156 - Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, The glorious Sun uprist: Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist.
Página 156 - He struck with his o'ertaking wings And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
Página 159 - They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes ; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise. The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze...
Página 324 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Página 279 - What thou art we know not: What is most like thee? From rainbow clouds there flow not drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden in the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not.
Página 156 - And I had done a hellish thing. And it would work 'em woe: For all averred. I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow.
Página 16 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, "Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Página 138 - Once again I see These hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows, little lines Of sportive wood run wild : these pastoral farms. Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke Sent up, in silence, from among the trees ! With some uncertain notice, as might seem Of vagrant Dwellers in the houseless woods, Or of some Hermit's cave, where by his fire The Hermit sits alone.