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Page 11
This scene is worthy of the lover whom Shakspeare two centuries afterwards , to
heighten the enchantments of a moonlight night favourable to love , pourtrays as
stealing to the ramparts of Troy to gaze on the Grecian tents- Sighing his soul ...
This scene is worthy of the lover whom Shakspeare two centuries afterwards , to
heighten the enchantments of a moonlight night favourable to love , pourtrays as
stealing to the ramparts of Troy to gaze on the Grecian tents- Sighing his soul ...
Page 86
... repeat the inward sentiment , it is by their skill romantically echoed back and re
- echoed , till the ear , trained to listen , drinks in a redoubled pleasure from the
de . licious ravishment of sounds which sink at once into the soul and the sense .
... repeat the inward sentiment , it is by their skill romantically echoed back and re
- echoed , till the ear , trained to listen , drinks in a redoubled pleasure from the
de . licious ravishment of sounds which sink at once into the soul and the sense .
Page 103
His was the hero ' s soul of fire , And his the bard ' s immortal name , And his was
love exalted high By all the glow of chivalry . " SURREY , the grace and ornament
of the court of the tyrant who caused his death , was the eldest son of the Duke ...
His was the hero ' s soul of fire , And his the bard ' s immortal name , And his was
love exalted high By all the glow of chivalry . " SURREY , the grace and ornament
of the court of the tyrant who caused his death , was the eldest son of the Duke ...
Page 154
With soothing words inthralled souls She chains in servile bands ; Her eye in
silence hath a speech Which eye best understands . Her little sweet hath many
sours , Short hap , immortal harms ; Her loving looks are murdering darts , Her
songs ...
With soothing words inthralled souls She chains in servile bands ; Her eye in
silence hath a speech Which eye best understands . Her little sweet hath many
sours , Short hap , immortal harms ; Her loving looks are murdering darts , Her
songs ...
Page 179
The human soul is made the sport of fortune , the prey of adversity : it is stretched
on the wheel of destiny , in restless ecstacy . The passions are in a state of
projection . Years are melted down to moments , and every instant teems with
fate .
The human soul is made the sport of fortune , the prey of adversity : it is stretched
on the wheel of destiny , in restless ecstacy . The passions are in a state of
projection . Years are melted down to moments , and every instant teems with
fate .
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| Title | Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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