Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the Poets of Every Age and Nation. With Specimens of Their Works and Sketches of Their Biography, Volume 2 |
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... true , Sire , " replied the Poet , " we had ordered our campaign dresses , but our tailors made us wait so long , that when they brought them home , the town your Majesty went to besiege had long been taken . " POLITICAL POETRY OF THE ...
... true , Sire , " replied the Poet , " we had ordered our campaign dresses , but our tailors made us wait so long , that when they brought them home , the town your Majesty went to besiege had long been taken . " POLITICAL POETRY OF THE ...
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... pen into his hand , and , at last , hit upon this excellent anagram , viz . - Dame Eleanor Davies , -Never so mad a ladie ; which having proved to be true by the rules of art , " Madam , " said he , " I see POETRY AND POETS . 17.
... pen into his hand , and , at last , hit upon this excellent anagram , viz . - Dame Eleanor Davies , -Never so mad a ladie ; which having proved to be true by the rules of art , " Madam , " said he , " I see POETRY AND POETS . 17.
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... true lover trembles . 23. A true lover must eat and sleep sparingly . 28. A moderate presumption is sufficient to produce suspicion in the mind of a lover . 30. The image of his mistress is present , without intermission , to the mind ...
... true lover trembles . 23. A true lover must eat and sleep sparingly . 28. A moderate presumption is sufficient to produce suspicion in the mind of a lover . 30. The image of his mistress is present , without intermission , to the mind ...
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... true Thomas . " " The prophecies , " says he , " yet extant in Scottish rhymes , where- upon he was commonly called Thomas the Rhymer , may justly be admired ; having fore- told , so many ages before , the union of England and Scotland ...
... true Thomas . " " The prophecies , " says he , " yet extant in Scottish rhymes , where- upon he was commonly called Thomas the Rhymer , may justly be admired ; having fore- told , so many ages before , the union of England and Scotland ...
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... true , add much to his fame ; but , were it only on account of the high character of their au- thor , demand some notice at our hands . One of these pieces is entitled , " A merry Jest , how a Serjeant would learn to play the Friar ...
... true , add much to his fame ; but , were it only on account of the high character of their au- thor , demand some notice at our hands . One of these pieces is entitled , " A merry Jest , how a Serjeant would learn to play the Friar ...
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Page 151 - The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For, having lost but...
Page 253 - O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point...
Page 151 - But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.
Page 133 - THOU Eternal One ! whose presence bright All space doth occupy, all motion guide ; Unchanged through time's all-devastating flight : Thou only God ! there is no God beside ! Being above all beings ! Mighty One ! Whom none can comprehend, and none explore...
Page 256 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.
Page 11 - Our Tragedies and Comedies (not without cause cried out against), observing rules neither of honest civility nor of skilful Poetry, excepting Gorboduc (again, I say, of those that I have seen), which notwithstanding, as it is full of stately speeches and well-sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca's style, and as full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and so obtain the very end of Poesy...
Page 197 - Io ne potrò toccare , e non e' è un cane Che mi tolga al mio stato miserando. La mia povera madre non ha pane, Se non da me , ed io non ho danaro Da mantenerla almeno per domane.
Page 194 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 242 - With scutcheons of silver the coffin is shielded, And pages stand mute by the canopied pall : Through the courts at deep midnight the torches are gleaming ; In the proudly arched chapel the banners are beaming ; Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a chief of the people should fall.
Page 227 - To answer your question as to Mr. Hughes ; what he wanted in genius, he made up as an honest man ; but he was of the class you think him.