The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volumen2Harper & brothers, 1851 |
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... poets ; but modern critics seem to have agreed to pass over these qualities as of secondary moment , and to hold in greater estimation the writings of the times preceding the Restoration , as being more boldly original , both in style ...
... poets ; but modern critics seem to have agreed to pass over these qualities as of secondary moment , and to hold in greater estimation the writings of the times preceding the Restoration , as being more boldly original , both in style ...
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... poets of this period that most of them enjoyed a con- siderable degree of worldly prosperity and importance , such as has rarely blessed the community of authors . Some filled high diplomatic and other official stations , and others ...
... poets of this period that most of them enjoyed a con- siderable degree of worldly prosperity and importance , such as has rarely blessed the community of authors . Some filled high diplomatic and other official stations , and others ...
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... Poets , in poem of about one hundred and fifty lines , ad- dressed to Dr. Sacheverell , and containing sketches of Chaucer , Spenser , Milton , Cowley , Waller , and others . The subdued and frigid character of Spenser in this Account ...
... Poets , in poem of about one hundred and fifty lines , ad- dressed to Dr. Sacheverell , and containing sketches of Chaucer , Spenser , Milton , Cowley , Waller , and others . The subdued and frigid character of Spenser in this Account ...
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... poem placed Addison upon the very pinnacle of fame ; and the following extract will show that the performance is certainly not without merit : - The fatal day its mighty course began , That the griev'd world had long desir'd in vain ...
... poem placed Addison upon the very pinnacle of fame ; and the following extract will show that the performance is certainly not without merit : - The fatal day its mighty course began , That the griev'd world had long desir'd in vain ...
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... poem in the ' Tatler , ' written by Philips at Copenhagen , in 1709 , and addressed to the Earl of Dorset : - TO THE EARL OF DORSET . From frozen climes , and endless tracts of snow , From streams which northern winds forbid to flow ...
... poem in the ' Tatler , ' written by Philips at Copenhagen , in 1709 , and addressed to the Earl of Dorset : - TO THE EARL OF DORSET . From frozen climes , and endless tracts of snow , From streams which northern winds forbid to flow ...
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Página 337 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Página 584 - If I were an American — as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms ; NEVER ! — NEVER ! — NEVER!
Página 337 - Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 417 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee.
Página 421 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay, So thou, with sails how swift, hast reached the shore 'Where tempests never beat nor billows roar,' And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Página 420 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown : May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more...
Página 336 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 46 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the Sun, her Eyes the Gazers strike, And, like the Sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide : If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em all. This Nymph, to the Destruction of Mankind, Nourish'd two Locks which graceful hung behind In equal Curls, and well conspir'd to deck With shining Ringlets the smooth Iv'ry Neck.
Página 338 - For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say...
Página 415 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.