Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 ; Complete in One VolumeHarper Brothers, 1840 - 324 стор. |
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... Heaven : wherein it consists , I know not ; but this I do know , that there never existed a poet of the highest order who either learned his art of one or taught it to another . It is true that the poet com- municates to the bosom of ...
... Heaven : wherein it consists , I know not ; but this I do know , that there never existed a poet of the highest order who either learned his art of one or taught it to another . It is true that the poet com- municates to the bosom of ...
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... Heaven was cut off , and the churches were thronged with pray- ing multitudes ; the sudden appearance of the Poles , and their attack upon the infidels : the rage of con- flict , man to man , horse to horse , swords against scimitars ...
... Heaven was cut off , and the churches were thronged with pray- ing multitudes ; the sudden appearance of the Poles , and their attack upon the infidels : the rage of con- flict , man to man , horse to horse , swords against scimitars ...
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... heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how innumerable has been the progeny generated from creative minds , follow- ing them less by imitation than by rivalry , and bor- rowing nothing from them but elemental ...
... heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how innumerable has been the progeny generated from creative minds , follow- ing them less by imitation than by rivalry , and bor- rowing nothing from them but elemental ...
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... heaven . " In regard to philosophy and jurisprudence , it may be remarked , that Pythagoras , Solon , Lycurgus , and Socrates himself , occasionally employed poetry to dictate laws , with oracular authority , and to enforce morals with ...
... heaven . " In regard to philosophy and jurisprudence , it may be remarked , that Pythagoras , Solon , Lycurgus , and Socrates himself , occasionally employed poetry to dictate laws , with oracular authority , and to enforce morals with ...
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... heaven and the sea upon it , and hardly appearing of the earth earthy . Now , in the middle distance between the first glimpse and the landing - place , that self - same scene , which we have shown to be so humble and unpre- tending in ...
... heaven and the sea upon it , and hardly appearing of the earth earthy . Now , in the middle distance between the first glimpse and the landing - place , that self - same scene , which we have shown to be so humble and unpre- tending in ...
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Сторінка 28 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Сторінка 29 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Сторінка 225 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Сторінка 259 - Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes : His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Сторінка 167 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Сторінка 78 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Сторінка 234 - Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast Written.
Сторінка 173 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. — The princes applaud with a furious joy : And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy...
Сторінка 212 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Сторінка 135 - Could I embody and unbosom now, That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, [sword.