 And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal...  The American Oxonian - Page 411927Full view - About this book
 | 1865 - 540 pages
...young barbarians, all at play.' And yet, steeped in sentiment as slie lies, spreading her garments to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxf ml, by her imffabU; charm, keeps ever calling us near to the true goal... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1865 - 332 pages
...her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us near to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection,—to beauty, in a word, which is only... | |
 | 1865 - 1022 pages
...garments to the moonlight, ami whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps e.ver calling us near to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, — to beauty, ma word, which is only... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 538 pages
...garments to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us near to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, — to beauty, in a word, which is... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1897 - 1436 pages
...fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene! And yet, steened in sentiment as she lies, sprending her gardens to the moonlight and whispering from her...Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling one nearer to the ideal — to perfection?" VACATION COURSES IX PARIS. [Ily 11. BA] In Jnly, 1883,... | |
 | 1906 - 1232 pages
...that he was in a quadrangle of the Oxford of long ago, beautiful Oxford, " steeped in sentiment . . . and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Ages ;" the Oxford of the sixteenth century, celebrating with this masque a visit of her Virgin Queen. ®... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1899 - 1416 pages
...lies, spreading her gardens to t be moonlight anil whispering from her towers the last mi hantniri ts of the Middle Ages, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable chana, keeps ever rallini; one nearer to the ideal — to perfection?" VACATION COURSES IX PARIS. \_KyH.... | |
 | Henry C. Pedder - Knowledge, Theory of - 1874 - 200 pages
...fierce intellectual life of our country, so serene ! There are our young barbarians, all at play ! And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading...the Middle Ages, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineft"able charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us — to the ideal, to perfection,... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1877 - 548 pages
...expectations ; but for students of high intelligence and sensitive conscience, venerable and beautiful Oxford, "spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering...from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age," possesses a charm which may be a danger. Walking in the spacious meadows of his college, or meditating... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1877 - 536 pages
...expectations ; but for students of high intelligence and sensitive conscience, venerable and beautiful Oxford, "spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering...from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age," possesses a charm which may be a danger. Walking in the spacious meadows of his college, or meditating... | |
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