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... men . " * * I quote from that late poem of Mr. Tennyson's , " The Princess , ” which has made a deep impression on the thoughtful criticism of his I have been tempted further into this subject than I 46 LECTURE FIRST .
... men . " * * I quote from that late poem of Mr. Tennyson's , " The Princess , ” which has made a deep impression on the thoughtful criticism of his I have been tempted further into this subject than I 46 LECTURE FIRST .
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... poetic taste , our judgments and feelings for the poets . One meets perpetually with a confident partiality for some poet of the day , or a confident antipathy to another ; and , all the while , such confidence may be entirely unequal ...
... poetic taste , our judgments and feelings for the poets . One meets perpetually with a confident partiality for some poet of the day , or a confident antipathy to another ; and , all the while , such confidence may be entirely unequal ...
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... poets of former centuries . Let him , who is quick to con- demn , or slow to admire , ask whether the fault may not be in ... poem pleases him , who knows the present only , proves nothing : but he , whose imagina- tion responds to the ...
... poets of former centuries . Let him , who is quick to con- demn , or slow to admire , ask whether the fault may not be in ... poem pleases him , who knows the present only , proves nothing : but he , whose imagina- tion responds to the ...
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... be no dependence placed on the census returns , and , except Massachusetts , I know of no state that has instituted inquiries for the special purpose of ascer- There is a short poem of Southey's , which , 64 LECTURE SECOND .
... be no dependence placed on the census returns , and , except Massachusetts , I know of no state that has instituted inquiries for the special purpose of ascer- There is a short poem of Southey's , which , 64 LECTURE SECOND .
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From Chaucer to Tennyson Henry Reed William Bradford Reed. There is a short poem of Southey's , which , in this con- nection , has a sad interest . Having written one of those humourous ballads drawn from his acquaintance with Spanish ...
From Chaucer to Tennyson Henry Reed William Bradford Reed. There is a short poem of Southey's , which , in this con- nection , has a sad interest . Having written one of those humourous ballads drawn from his acquaintance with Spanish ...
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Sida 195 - The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving: Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving: No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Sida 231 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Sida 228 - Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man. What passion cannot Music raise and quell? When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound : Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well.
Sida 167 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Sida 305 - Paradise, and groves Elysian, Fortunate Fields — like those of old Sought in the Atlantic Main — why should they be A history only of departed things, Or a mere fiction of what never was ? For the discerning intellect of Man, When wedded to this goodly universe In love and holy passion, shall find these A simple produce of the common day.
Sida 275 - Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more ; He is an evening reveller, who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill : At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy — for the starlight dews All silently their tears of...
Sida 305 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Sida 111 - Scorn not the sonnet; Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart; the melody Of this small lute gave ease to Petrarch's wound; A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound; With it Camoens soothed an exile's grief; The sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow: a glow-worm lamp, It...
Sida 240 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry , but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious.
Sida 305 - Beauty — a living Presence of the earth, Surpassing the most fair ideal Forms Which craft of delicate Spirits hath composed From earth's materials — waits upon my steps ; Pitches her tents before me as I move, An hourly neighbour.