Heroes of Literature: English Poets. A Book for Young ReadersSociety for promoting Christian knowledge, 1883 - 406 páginas |
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... student may gain much serviceable knowledge in what may be called the byways of literature and history . Dr. Johnson thought there was no reading more captivating than that of literary biography , and assuredly it will be the writer's ...
... student may gain much serviceable knowledge in what may be called the byways of literature and history . Dr. Johnson thought there was no reading more captivating than that of literary biography , and assuredly it will be the writer's ...
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... student may gain much serviceable knowledge in what may be called the byways of literature and history . Dr. Johnson thought there was no reading more captivating than that of literary biography , and assuredly it will be the writer's ...
... student may gain much serviceable knowledge in what may be called the byways of literature and history . Dr. Johnson thought there was no reading more captivating than that of literary biography , and assuredly it will be the writer's ...
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... pre - eminently the sacred poet of his country . " That John Wesley so esteemed him is evident , for he enjoined his divinity students to read the " Faerie Queene . " C his lifetime , and that his poetry raised him to EDMUND SPENSER . 17.
... pre - eminently the sacred poet of his country . " That John Wesley so esteemed him is evident , for he enjoined his divinity students to read the " Faerie Queene . " C his lifetime , and that his poetry raised him to EDMUND SPENSER . 17.
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... student , who takes up the poem for the first time , may be tempted either to leave it unread or to rest satisfied with the perusal of such passages as are generally given in selections . He will com- mit a blunder in either case ...
... student , who takes up the poem for the first time , may be tempted either to leave it unread or to rest satisfied with the perusal of such passages as are generally given in selections . He will com- mit a blunder in either case ...
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... , forget the allegory ( which , by the way , Spenser himself often forgets ) while reading the " Faerie Queene . " The student will do well to master the purport of the poem , as explained by 30 HEROES OF LITERATURE .
... , forget the allegory ( which , by the way , Spenser himself often forgets ) while reading the " Faerie Queene . " The student will do well to master the purport of the poem , as explained by 30 HEROES OF LITERATURE .
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Página 318 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Página 125 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 92 - They are all gone into the world of light ! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast, Like stars upon some gloomy grove, Or those faint beams in which this hill is drest, After the sun's remove.
Página 190 - Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please. And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yev with jealous eyes.
Página 370 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint...
Página 254 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much: Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Página 238 - When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Página 142 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 105 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Página 57 - Shake hands for ever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain.