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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... Bard ' and the ' Progress of Poetry ' were but little read on their first appearance , Gray received at once the full measure of praise from the Elegy : ' and perhaps even at this time , the Elegy * is the most popular of all his poems ...
... Bard ' and the ' Progress of Poetry ' were but little read on their first appearance , Gray received at once the full measure of praise from the Elegy : ' and perhaps even at this time , the Elegy * is the most popular of all his poems ...
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... Bard ' was commenced , and part of it communicated to Mr. Stonehewer and Dr. Wharton , 1755. In these letters he for the first time complains of listlessness and de- pression of spirits , which prevented his application to poetry : and ...
... Bard ' was commenced , and part of it communicated to Mr. Stonehewer and Dr. Wharton , 1755. In these letters he for the first time complains of listlessness and de- pression of spirits , which prevented his application to poetry : and ...
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... bards , has contributed in no small degree , to enrich and adorn ́ many passages of his English poetry : " Dum vagus , Ausonias nunc per umbras , Nunc Britannica per vireta lusit . " It remains now only to speak of an intended ...
... bards , has contributed in no small degree , to enrich and adorn ́ many passages of his English poetry : " Dum vagus , Ausonias nunc per umbras , Nunc Britannica per vireta lusit . " It remains now only to speak of an intended ...
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... bards ; although it is by no means improbable that he might have known their tales . " Secondly , Davenant and Drayton can never be placed in the school of Donne . Drayton should be ranked with Spenser ; where indeed Pope , in his ...
... bards ; although it is by no means improbable that he might have known their tales . " Secondly , Davenant and Drayton can never be placed in the school of Donne . Drayton should be ranked with Spenser ; where indeed Pope , in his ...
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... Bard ; and on the Construction of the Pindaric Ode . VI . On the Notes to this Edition . VII . On the Criticisms by Dr. Johnson on the Poetry of Gray . I. To ascertain the method of composition adopted by a writer of established ...
... Bard ; and on the Construction of the Pindaric Ode . VI . On the Notes to this Edition . VII . On the Criticisms by Dr. Johnson on the Poetry of Gray . I. To ascertain the method of composition adopted by a writer of established ...
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Сторінка 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!
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 119 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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!
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.