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... reader . Perhaps he would be thought to quibble if he met the charge with a denial of the fact , and urged that , in literal truth , he comes in these pages after the poets and not before them . Such is , indeed , the place he wishes to ...
... reader . Perhaps he would be thought to quibble if he met the charge with a denial of the fact , and urged that , in literal truth , he comes in these pages after the poets and not before them . Such is , indeed , the place he wishes to ...
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... reader ; and he holds that a commentary is not intended , any more than a dictionary , to be read through by one person . The Editor has again to thank Mr. R. H. Inglis Palgrave , acting in the absence from England of Mr. Frank Palgrave ...
... reader ; and he holds that a commentary is not intended , any more than a dictionary , to be read through by one person . The Editor has again to thank Mr. R. H. Inglis Palgrave , acting in the absence from England of Mr. Frank Palgrave ...
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... readers those who love Poetry so well that he can offer them nothing not already known and valued . The Editor is acquainted with no strict and exhaustive definition of Lyrical Poetry ; but he has found the task of practical decision ...
... readers those who love Poetry so well that he can offer them nothing not already known and valued . The Editor is acquainted with no strict and exhaustive definition of Lyrical Poetry ; but he has found the task of practical decision ...
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... readers shall think the line accurately drawn . Some poems , as Gray's Elegy , the Allegro and Penseroso , Wordsworth's Ruth or Campbell's Lord Ullin , might be claimed with perhaps equal justice for a narrative or descriptive selection ...
... readers shall think the line accurately drawn . Some poems , as Gray's Elegy , the Allegro and Penseroso , Wordsworth's Ruth or Campbell's Lord Ullin , might be claimed with perhaps equal justice for a narrative or descriptive selection ...
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... the turning - time in modern European civilization are also more or less reflected in its verse . An intelligent reader will find the influence of Newton as markedly in the poems of Pope as of Elizabeth in the plays of Shakespeare . 61.
... the turning - time in modern European civilization are also more or less reflected in its verse . An intelligent reader will find the influence of Newton as markedly in the poems of Pope as of Elizabeth in the plays of Shakespeare . 61.
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Página 41 - uuhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, 95 Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate,— Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn ; 100
Página 25 - CLXXV. When lovely woman stoops ,to folly And finds too late that men betray,— What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, 5 To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover And wring his bosom,
Página 126 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin . . . Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn." 20. lowly bed. "This probably refers to the humble couch on which they have spent the night; but it is meant to suggest the grave as well
Página 41 - The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, 70 Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
Página 17 - CLXV. LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE Toll for the Brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave Fast by their native shore ! A land-breeze shook the shrouds And she was overset; 10 Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! His last sea-fight is fought, 15
Página 18 - His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. 20 His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen. When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Once dreaded by our
Página 41 - Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate,— Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn ; 100
Página 45 - How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, 10 As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life 15 Was my sweet Highland Mary. Our parting was fu
Página 38 - Thy dewy fingers draw While Spring shall pour his showers, as oft he wont, And bathe thy breathing tresses, meekest Eve ! While Summer loves to sport Beneath thy lingering light; While sallow Autumn fills thy lap with leaves ; 45 Or Winter, yelling through the troublous air Affrights thy shrinking train And rudely rends thy robes
Página 44 - 1 will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only Luve ! And fare thee weel awhile ! And I will come again, my Luve, 15 Tho' it were ten thousand mile. HIGHLAND MARY Ye banks and braes and streams around