Lectures on the British Poets, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott, 1860 - English poetry |
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... followed by a tempestuous life , in which one storm of disappoint- ment after another burst upon his devoted head . patriot , a Christian , a husband , and perhaps as a father , his best hopes were frustrated . In the arena of political ...
... followed by a tempestuous life , in which one storm of disappoint- ment after another burst upon his devoted head . patriot , a Christian , a husband , and perhaps as a father , his best hopes were frustrated . In the arena of political ...
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... followed was also distin- guished for its national importance in a political point of view . It may perhaps impress the consideration to allude to these in anticipation . After the age of Ed- ward III . the next great literary era was ...
... followed was also distin- guished for its national importance in a political point of view . It may perhaps impress the consideration to allude to these in anticipation . After the age of Ed- ward III . the next great literary era was ...
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... followed the guidance of his own inspirations and found nature . When we find him portraying his countrymen such as he saw them in the streets of London , and mingling these vivid but homely descriptions with loftier and more romantic ...
... followed the guidance of his own inspirations and found nature . When we find him portraying his countrymen such as he saw them in the streets of London , and mingling these vivid but homely descriptions with loftier and more romantic ...
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... followed by the light of day . The genius of the first of our English poets shone , indeed , like the last of the starry host newly risen above the outline of some dark mountain , but not , like it , to mingle its beams with the light ...
... followed by the light of day . The genius of the first of our English poets shone , indeed , like the last of the starry host newly risen above the outline of some dark mountain , but not , like it , to mingle its beams with the light ...
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... followed by the great work on which his fame rests . During this interval the genial influence of Sydney's friendship was shed on Spenser's spirit , inspiring him to loftier efforts than his unpretending pastorals . If ever poet had ...
... followed by the great work on which his fame rests . During this interval the genial influence of Sydney's friendship was shed on Spenser's spirit , inspiring him to loftier efforts than his unpretending pastorals . If ever poet had ...
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Page 260 - Going to the Wars TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True; a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 212 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 312 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 242 - Since there's no help, come, let us kiss and part! Nay, I have done. You get no more of me! And I am glad, yea, glad with all my heart, That thus so cleanly I myself can free. Shake hands for ever! Cancel all our vows! And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain.
Page 194 - God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which, with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Page 324 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief. Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Page 261 - TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates; When I lie tangled in her hair And fettered to her eye. The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Page 50 - God's almightiness, and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his church ; to sing victorious agonies of .martyrs and saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations, doing valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ; to deplore the general relapses of kingdoms and states from justice and God's true worship.
Page 259 - While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 79 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...