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... poet , although they are equally absolute , suppose no energy inherent in the speaker ; he is the real or the imaginary repre- sentative of a superior being in whose name he speaks . That being is shrouded in darkness . Unseen and ...
... poet , although they are equally absolute , suppose no energy inherent in the speaker ; he is the real or the imaginary repre- sentative of a superior being in whose name he speaks . That being is shrouded in darkness . Unseen and ...
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... poets ; and " thou wast " has rather an inharmonious sound . Pope and Addi- son wrote " thou wert ; " and Milton and Dryden used the words indifferently . Wert , in the Indi- cative , has also the authority of Dr. Johnson , which , if ...
... poets ; and " thou wast " has rather an inharmonious sound . Pope and Addi- son wrote " thou wert ; " and Milton and Dryden used the words indifferently . Wert , in the Indi- cative , has also the authority of Dr. Johnson , which , if ...
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... a writer like Thomson , such changes would seldom pro- duce an improvement upon his first sketch , but young authors , and especially poets , would , ge- nerally , do well to study the arrangement of their ARRANGEMENT , OF SENTENCES . 95.
... a writer like Thomson , such changes would seldom pro- duce an improvement upon his first sketch , but young authors , and especially poets , would , ge- nerally , do well to study the arrangement of their ARRANGEMENT , OF SENTENCES . 95.
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... poet must , above all things , study variety . " While , however , we endeavour to free our- selves from the trammels of dull uniformity , we must beware of such inversions as might excite surprise , from the difficulty of unravelling ...
... poet must , above all things , study variety . " While , however , we endeavour to free our- selves from the trammels of dull uniformity , we must beware of such inversions as might excite surprise , from the difficulty of unravelling ...
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... poet is speaking of Superstition : " She , from the rending earth , -and bursting skies , Saw Gods descend , —and Fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , -there the bless'd abodes ; Fear made her Devils , -- and weak Hope her ...
... poet is speaking of Superstition : " She , from the rending earth , -and bursting skies , Saw Gods descend , —and Fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , -there the bless'd abodes ; Fear made her Devils , -- and weak Hope her ...
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Strona 81 - Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life, and passing from one thought to another, 'Surely...
Strona 153 - ... unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.
Strona 140 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural Virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, 400 Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented Toil, and hospitable Care, And kind connubial Tenderness, are there ; And Piety with wishes placed above, And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love.
Strona 80 - COME, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come ; And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, "While music wakes around, veil'd in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend.
Strona 4 - I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in this gloom of solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Strona 94 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Strona 269 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master and seek for companions.
Strona 210 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Strona 209 - Is now the labour of my thoughts ; 'tis likeliest They had engaged their wandering steps too far ; And envious darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, O thievish night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars. That nature hung in heaven, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller?
Strona 256 - AT the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly To the lone vale we loved, when life shone warm in thine eye ; And I think oft, if spirits can steal from the regions of air To revisit past scenes of delight, thou wilt come to me there And tell me our love is remember'd.