Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry |
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... rise and progress of English . It is likely that the Normans would have taught us the use of rhyme and their own metres , whether these had been known or not to the Anglo - Saxons before the Conquest . But respecting Mr. Tyrwhitt's ...
... rise and progress of English . It is likely that the Normans would have taught us the use of rhyme and their own metres , whether these had been known or not to the Anglo - Saxons before the Conquest . But respecting Mr. Tyrwhitt's ...
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... rise , Himself the God Neptune that side doth turn in wonders wise , With fork three - tined the walls uproots , foundations all too shakes , If vester . The entire amount of his obliga- tions , as Mr. Dunster justly admits , cannot ...
... rise , Himself the God Neptune that side doth turn in wonders wise , With fork three - tined the walls uproots , foundations all too shakes , If vester . The entire amount of his obliga- tions , as Mr. Dunster justly admits , cannot ...
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... rising : with my parting lord I closed all my delight - till his approach It shall not spread itself . FROM THE SAME ... rise from earth , and no more to turn back But for a burial . Valentio . My lord , the truth is , like your coat of ...
... rising : with my parting lord I closed all my delight - till his approach It shall not spread itself . FROM THE SAME ... rise from earth , and no more to turn back But for a burial . Valentio . My lord , the truth is , like your coat of ...
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... rise to , Mr. Bowles contended for this- " Whether poetry be more immediately indebted to what is sublime or beauti- ful in the works of Nature or the works of Art ? " and taking Nature to himself , he argued that Mr. Campbell's ship ...
... rise to , Mr. Bowles contended for this- " Whether poetry be more immediately indebted to what is sublime or beauti- ful in the works of Nature or the works of Art ? " and taking Nature to himself , he argued that Mr. Campbell's ship ...
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... Rise white in air , and glitter o'er the coast ; Pale suns , unfelt at distance , roll away , And on the impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply , Till the bright mountains prop th ' incumbent sky ; As ...
... Rise white in air , and glitter o'er the coast ; Pale suns , unfelt at distance , roll away , And on the impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply , Till the bright mountains prop th ' incumbent sky ; As ...
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Aret beauty behold Ben Jonson blood Born breast breath bright Canterbury Tales Cham charms Chaucer court dear death delight Died dost doth earth English eyes fair fame fancy fate father fear flame genius give grace grief hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven Hengo honour hope Hudibras king lady language Layamon Leosthenes light live look Lord Lubberkin maid marriage Massinissa Metis mind Mirror for Magistrates Muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain passion pity pleasure poem poet poetical poetry praise pride prince queen racter rise Robert of Gloucester Rodmond Saxon scene Scotland seem'd shade Shakspeare shine sight sing smile soft song soul spirit sweet taste tears tell thee thine things thou art thought trembling truth Twas unto verse virtue wanton whilst wind wings wretch youth
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Page 337 - Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied. That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, — How...
Page 262 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 203 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 262 - I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my King; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great should be, Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty.
Page 281 - That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.
Page 541 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Page 542 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 311 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred, and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now.
Page 137 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of...
Page 352 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages cursed; For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery soul, which, working out, its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay.