The English Poets: Addison to BlakeMacmillan and Company, 1889 |
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... write on themes which seem un- propitious when compared with the materials of the Elizabethan poets ; but the best work of these three poets is , in its class , first - rate ; Addison's work is never more than second - rate . His ...
... write on themes which seem un- propitious when compared with the materials of the Elizabethan poets ; but the best work of these three poets is , in its class , first - rate ; Addison's work is never more than second - rate . His ...
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... write with ardour , but the style of Addison's panegyrics on King William III is as artificial as the sentiments by which they were prompted . His sole conception of poetical compliment is hyperbole . When , for instance , he wishes to ...
... write with ardour , but the style of Addison's panegyrics on King William III is as artificial as the sentiments by which they were prompted . His sole conception of poetical compliment is hyperbole . When , for instance , he wishes to ...
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... writer who took the couplet , as Dryden had fashioned it , from Dryden's hands , and displayed it in the form it maintained throughout the eighteenth century . In some respects it may be said that no advance in this peculiar model was ...
... writer who took the couplet , as Dryden had fashioned it , from Dryden's hands , and displayed it in the form it maintained throughout the eighteenth century . In some respects it may be said that no advance in this peculiar model was ...
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... writes of them with real respect and deep feeling . What interests him most , it is clear , is not the tender passion in its more refined conditions , but those pretty episodes and accidents at which , they say , Dame Venus laughs ...
... writes of them with real respect and deep feeling . What interests him most , it is clear , is not the tender passion in its more refined conditions , but those pretty episodes and accidents at which , they say , Dame Venus laughs ...
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... writer of familiar verse ; but it is a some- thing to which we cannot give a name , unless , indeed , we take refuge in paradox , and say that it is .... MATTHEW PRIOR . AUSTIN DOBSON , THE SECRETARY . [ Written at the Hague , in C 2 ...
... writer of familiar verse ; but it is a some- thing to which we cannot give a name , unless , indeed , we take refuge in paradox , and say that it is .... MATTHEW PRIOR . AUSTIN DOBSON , THE SECRETARY . [ Written at the Hague , in C 2 ...
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Página 604 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
Página 375 - Here, as I take my solitary rounds, Amidst thy tangling walks, and ruined grounds, And, many a year elapsed, return to view Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew, Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share...
Página 478 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own ; And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Página 561 - I'll wage thee. Who shall say that fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her ; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 479 - Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! It answers — Yes. 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 l But was it such ? — It was.
Página 534 - What makes the youth sae bashfu' an' sae grave: Weel pleased to think her bairn's respected like the lave. O happy love! where love like this is found! O heartfelt raptures! bliss beyond compare! I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare: — If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the...
Página 562 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloomed the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped 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, \ Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' monie a vow, and locked embrace, Our parting was fu...
Página 536 - O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And...
Página 474 - It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes.
Página 381 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand, His manners were gentle, complying, and bland : Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart.