The Torch: Eight Lectures on Race Power in Literature Delivered Before the Lowell Institute of Boston MCMIII |
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... divine triumph of the sacrificial idea in history ; for it would mean the humanization of mankind . Unless this principle is strongly grasped , unless there be an imperishable relation in man and his works which they contain , and which ...
... divine triumph of the sacrificial idea in history ; for it would mean the humanization of mankind . Unless this principle is strongly grasped , unless there be an imperishable relation in man and his works which they contain , and which ...
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... divine , and heard thy name , Did he not tremble for this lovely frame , This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet , ' neath the curtain of translucent dew , Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame , Hesperus with the host of ...
... divine , and heard thy name , Did he not tremble for this lovely frame , This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet , ' neath the curtain of translucent dew , Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame , Hesperus with the host of ...
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... divine is the root - idea ; in Wordsworth it is an immanence of sublime power , seized through com- munion with nature ; in Shelley , who was more pro- foundly human , it is an immanence of transcendent love , seized through his sense ...
... divine is the root - idea ; in Wordsworth it is an immanence of sublime power , seized through com- munion with nature ; in Shelley , who was more pro- foundly human , it is an immanence of transcendent love , seized through his sense ...
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... divine which is nighest to their own apprehension , affection and delight . Their experi- ence of the divine governs and blends with their intel- lectual theory , sometimes , as I have said , with a blur of thought . Each one's ...
... divine which is nighest to their own apprehension , affection and delight . Their experi- ence of the divine governs and blends with their intel- lectual theory , sometimes , as I have said , with a blur of thought . Each one's ...
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... divine - with majestic and lovely figures , which had absorbed into their celestial being and forms the power of nature , the splendour and charm of the ma- terial sphere , the fructifying and beneficient opera- tions of the external ...
... divine - with majestic and lovely figures , which had absorbed into their celestial being and forms the power of nature , the splendour and charm of the ma- terial sphere , the fructifying and beneficient opera- tions of the external ...
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Page 146 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 168 - And not a voice was idle; with the din Smitten, the precipices rang aloud; The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
Page 184 - Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Page 169 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed, for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Page 18 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 18 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing ; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember...
Page 166 - YE banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers. Your waters never drumlie! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel O
Page 148 - On the other side, Satan, alarmed, Collecting all his might, dilated stood, Like Teneriff or Atlas, unremoved : His stature reached the sky, and on his crest Sat Horror plumed ; nor wanted in his grasp What seemed both spear and shield.
Page 173 - Thus Nature spake — The work was done — How soon my Lucy's race was run ! She died, and left to me This heath, this calm, and quiet scene ; The memory of what has been, And never more will be.
Page 149 - So spake the cherub, and his grave rebuke Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abashed the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely, saw, and pined His loss; but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impaired; yet seemed 850 Undaunted. If I must contend...