An essay on the poetry of WordsworthE. Howell, 1853 - 72 páginas |
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... lines , offered as a sample of his poetic achievements , are perhaps the most favourable we could select in respect of taste and ability : — " So playful Love , on Ida's flowery sides , With ribbon - rein th ' indignant lion guides ...
... lines , offered as a sample of his poetic achievements , are perhaps the most favourable we could select in respect of taste and ability : — " So playful Love , on Ida's flowery sides , With ribbon - rein th ' indignant lion guides ...
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... lines on the Old Cumberland Beggar , in those written on the banks of the Wye above Tintern Abbey , and in some few of his Inscriptions , a considerable success has been achieved , in the adaptation of rhythmical expressions to placid ...
... lines on the Old Cumberland Beggar , in those written on the banks of the Wye above Tintern Abbey , and in some few of his Inscriptions , a considerable success has been achieved , in the adaptation of rhythmical expressions to placid ...
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... lines , com- posing a landscape - picture of much beauty . Sky and mountain scenery , among which the colours of a sun , already set , shift lingeringly in their reluctant flight , are vividly called up before us . And yet the charm of ...
... lines , com- posing a landscape - picture of much beauty . Sky and mountain scenery , among which the colours of a sun , already set , shift lingeringly in their reluctant flight , are vividly called up before us . And yet the charm of ...
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To many it may seem unnecessary to enter upon a defence of these simple lines . But we are per- suaded that , although their truthfulness and beauty would be very generally acknowledged , there is yet a large class of readers ...
To many it may seem unnecessary to enter upon a defence of these simple lines . But we are per- suaded that , although their truthfulness and beauty would be very generally acknowledged , there is yet a large class of readers ...
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... are characteristic , not trivial ; indicating , in few lines , the strength and mastery of a full- grown passion , and that passion swelling in a sailor's breast , and evidencing itself in the earnest simplicity 60 POETRY OF.
... are characteristic , not trivial ; indicating , in few lines , the strength and mastery of a full- grown passion , and that passion swelling in a sailor's breast , and evidencing itself in the earnest simplicity 60 POETRY OF.
Términos y frases comunes
adduced admiration admit æsthetic appear artistic author's better manner ballad beauty beggar bird blessing breathing character characteristic charm circumstances claim composition consists creation Cuckoo daffodils Darwin delight Divine earth EDWARD HOWELL elevated excellence Excursion exercise expression eyes faculty faithful fault furnished genius of Wordsworth genuine grace grand Greece harmonious heart heathen heaven highest honours human illustration impression inferior instinct intellectual intelligence language latter lence less limited LIVERPOOL lyric poetry lyrical majesty manifest mankind master-pieces merits Metaphysical mind Modern Painters muse never observe original painter painting pass passage passion pastoral perfect phase phenomena philosopher picture pleasure poem poet poet's poetic art POETRY OF WORDSWORTH portraiture present produce Raphael rapture reader reflection remarks reminded sentiment siderable sion solitude song sonnets spirit style sublime sympathy taste thee theme theology theory thou thoughts Thy word prevail tion transcribe true universal truths vale verse virtue wandering weary
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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...