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" O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou... "
Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ... - Page 394
edited by - 1864
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The London Magazine, Volume 4

1821 - 724 pages
...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...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens...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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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...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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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...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...
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The Christian Teacher, Volume 1

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,...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...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 men and maidens...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...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...Will silent be ; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. v. O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens...Pastoral ! When old age shall this generation waste, 202 ODE TO PSYCHE. O GODDESS ! hear these tuneless numbers, wrung By sweet enforcement and remembrance...
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Sights and Thoughts in Foreign Churches and Among Foreign Peoples

Frederick William Faber - Cathedrals - 1842 - 672 pages
...Will silent be ; and not a soul, to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. " O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens...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...
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Gems of the Modern Poets: With Biographical Notices

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,...
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Sights and Thoughts in Foreign Churches and Among Foreign Peoples, Volume 2

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...
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