 To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest ? What little town by river or sea shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious...  The Golden Treasury - Page 332by Francis Turner Palgrave - 1906 - 387 pagesFull view - About this book
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...those beautiful lines, which the most original poet of the age hath consecrated to an imaginary vase. Cold pastoral ! When old age shall this generation...to whom thou say'st, Beauty is truth, truth beauty. A gardener now joined us, and proceeded forthwith to fasten himself upon us as a guide. He led us back... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest ? What little town by river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied...say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet... | |
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...Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branehes and the trodden weed ; Thou, silent form ! dost tease...say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. SONNETS. To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis... | |
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...Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marhle men and maidens overwrought, With forest hranches and the trodden weed ; Thou, silent form ! dost tease...midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thon say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth heauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to... | |
 | England - 1839 - 684 pages
...thou art desolate, can e'er return. 5. O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! -with brede Of marble men or maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the...say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and aU ye need to know. The argument of the first of the chief Poems, Lamia,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...streets for evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate can e'er return. Oh, Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble...generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other wo Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st " Beauty is truth, truth beauty ;" that is all Ye... | |
 | Frederick William Faber - Cathedrals - 1842 - 672 pages
...What little town, by river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built, with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn ? And, little town, thy streets...sayst, 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all yc need to know." The convent below Delphi, standing among venerably... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with breed Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest...generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other wo Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, SONNETS. ) one who has been long in city pent,... | |
 | Frederick William Faber - Church history - 1842 - 300 pages
...trodden weed ; Thou, silent form ! dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral I When old age shall this generation waste, • . Thou...sayst, ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." The convent below Delphi, standing among venerably... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Why thou art desolate, eao e'er return. O Attic shape f Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men aod maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the...pastoral : When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shall remain, in midst of other wo Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, .. Beauty is truth,... | |
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