ix reader: perhaps this is owing to the obtrusiveness, the regular Jews'-harp twing-twang, of what has been foolishly called heroic measure. I do not wish the improvisatore tune;.. but something that denotes the sense of harmony, something like the accent of feeling,..like the tone which every Poet necessarily gives to Poetry. Cintra, October, 1800. The First Book. . Worse and worse, young Orphane, be thy payne, If **thou due vengeance doe forbeare, FAERY QUEEN, B. 2. Can. 1. VOL. I. THALABA THE DESTROYER. THE FIRST BOOK. I. How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orb'd glory yonder Moon divine The desert-circle spreads, Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night! |