The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his poetry; by the Rev. John MitfordJ. Mawman, 1816 |
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... manner of versification , and had been so accustomed to dwell upon the neat and pointed style of that finished writer ; that they were but ill prepared to admire the beauties of the lofty and magnificent language , in which Collins ...
... manner of versification , and had been so accustomed to dwell upon the neat and pointed style of that finished writer ; that they were but ill prepared to admire the beauties of the lofty and magnificent language , in which Collins ...
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... manner , I should be very much at a loss how to begin . I might plead my admiration of your genius , and my attachment to your character ; but who is he that could not with truth urge the same excuse for intruding upon your retirement ...
... manner , I should be very much at a loss how to begin . I might plead my admiration of your genius , and my attachment to your character ; but who is he that could not with truth urge the same excuse for intruding upon your retirement ...
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... manner , were inserted in its place : of which the Descent of Odin ' is un- doubtedly the most valuable , though in many places it is exceed ingly obscure . I have mentioned , in the notes to this poem , that Gray translated only that ...
... manner , were inserted in its place : of which the Descent of Odin ' is un- doubtedly the most valuable , though in many places it is exceed ingly obscure . I have mentioned , in the notes to this poem , that Gray translated only that ...
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... manners , and as communicative and frank , as I could have wished . " To record the trifling and minute peculiarities of manners , un- less they reflect considerable light upon the character which is de- lineated , does not seem to be a ...
... manners , and as communicative and frank , as I could have wished . " To record the trifling and minute peculiarities of manners , un- less they reflect considerable light upon the character which is de- lineated , does not seem to be a ...
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... manner , that leaves a fuller likeness scarcely to be desired . Its prominent defect however is , that it has thrown into the back - ground the peculiar and distinguishing features of the mind of Gray ; -I mean his poetical invention ...
... manner , that leaves a fuller likeness scarcely to be desired . Its prominent defect however is , that it has thrown into the back - ground the peculiar and distinguishing features of the mind of Gray ; -I mean his poetical invention ...
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Page 16 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Page 107 - The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 123 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 119 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 116 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page clxvi - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 122 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 112 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Page 34 - Slow melting strains their queen's approach declare: Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move 40 The bloom of young desire and purple light of love.
Page 117 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.