An essay on the poetry of WordsworthE. Howell, 1853 - 72 páginas |
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... head , Deck'd with autumnal berries , that outshine Spring's richest blossoms ; and ye may have marked , By a brookside or solitary tarn , How she her station doth adorn ; the pool Glows at her feet , and all the gloomy rocks Are ...
... head , Deck'd with autumnal berries , that outshine Spring's richest blossoms ; and ye may have marked , By a brookside or solitary tarn , How she her station doth adorn ; the pool Glows at her feet , and all the gloomy rocks Are ...
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... heads . to which they severally belong . This division is , however , in many instances more arbitrary than philosophical ; or it is suggested by associations in the poet's mind , arising from circumstances of composition . In copying a ...
... heads . to which they severally belong . This division is , however , in many instances more arbitrary than philosophical ; or it is suggested by associations in the poet's mind , arising from circumstances of composition . In copying a ...
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... heads in sprightly dance . The waves beside them danced , but they Out - did the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company : I gazed , and gazed , but little thought What wealth the show to me had ...
... heads in sprightly dance . The waves beside them danced , but they Out - did the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company : I gazed , and gazed , but little thought What wealth the show to me had ...
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... head ! And while in that vast solitude to which The tide of things has led him , he appears To breathe and live but for himself alone , Unblamed , uninjured , let him bear about The good which the benignant law of Heaven Has hung around ...
... head ! And while in that vast solitude to which The tide of things has led him , he appears To breathe and live but for himself alone , Unblamed , uninjured , let him bear about The good which the benignant law of Heaven Has hung around ...
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... of an object so affecting is not less salutary than the perusal of a death's head in a hermitage ; and yet -here is the marvel of consummate genius - - we are even more attracted by its beauty than per- suaded 64 POETRY OF.
... of an object so affecting is not less salutary than the perusal of a death's head in a hermitage ; and yet -here is the marvel of consummate genius - - we are even more attracted by its beauty than per- suaded 64 POETRY OF.
Términos y frases comunes
able admiration admit appear artistic beauty blessing breathing brief character characteristic charm circumstances claim composition concluding condition consists creation delight difference earth effect elevated equally evident example excellence exercise experience expression eyes faithful fault feeling fields followed former furnished further genius give grace grand ground harmonious head heart heaven highest hope human illustration impression influence instance intellectual intelligence interest kind language latter less limited lines look manner mean merits mind moral mountain nature never objects observe original painter painting pass passage passion perfect phase philosopher picture pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry present produce reader reason reflection remarks rising seen selected sense sentiment song sonnets spirit style surely taste thee theme theory thou thoughts true truth universal verse virtue whole Wordsworth
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Página 53 - I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Página 55 - O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring ! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but...
Página 31 - Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to earth or dwell in highest heaven ! For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, — and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil.
Página 56 - O blessed Bird ! the earth we pace Again appears to be An unsubstantial, faery place : That is fit home for thee ! William Wordsworth.
Página 53 - Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed— and gazed— but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought...
Página 32 - Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out By help of dreams — can breed such fear and awe 7^1 As fall upon us often when we look Into our Minds, into the Mind of Man...
Página 70 - That quickens only where thou say'st it may : Unless Thou show to us thine own true way No man can find it : Father ! Thou must lead.
Página 65 - Those life-consuming sounds that clog the air, Be his the natural silence of old age ! Let him be free of mountain solitudes ; And have around him, whether heard or not, The pleasant melody of woodland birds.
Página 47 - Accomplish, then, their number ; and conclude Time's weary course ! Or if, by thy decree, The consummation that will come by stealth Be yet far distant, let thy Word prevail, Oh ! let thy Word prevail, to take away The sting of human nature. Spread the law, As it is written in thy holy book, Throughout all lands : let every nation hear The high behest, and every heart obey ; z Both for the.
Página 64 - Been doomed so long to settle upon earth That not without some effort they behold The countenance of the horizontal sun, Rising or setting, let the light at least Find a free entrance to their languid orbs. And let him, where and when he will, sit down Beneath the trees, or on a...