The Torch: Eight Lectures on Race Power in Literature Delivered Before the Lowell Institute of Boston MCMIII |
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... perfect blossom in Greek mythology . I know not by what grace of heaven , by what felicity of blend in climate , blood and the fortune of mortal life , but so it was that the human soul put forth the bud of beauty in the Greek race ...
... perfect blossom in Greek mythology . I know not by what grace of heaven , by what felicity of blend in climate , blood and the fortune of mortal life , but so it was that the human soul put forth the bud of beauty in the Greek race ...
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... perfect human utterance , in these three fundamental forms of a true world - lan- guage . The literature of the last century is permeated with mythology , chivalry and to a less degree with Scripture , and no one can hope to assimilate ...
... perfect human utterance , in these three fundamental forms of a true world - lan- guage . The literature of the last century is permeated with mythology , chivalry and to a less degree with Scripture , and no one can hope to assimilate ...
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... perfect comprehension of the world is science , its more perfect comprehension of its own nature is love , its more perfect expression of its remembered life is art . Mankind is the grandest and surest artist of all , and history as it ...
... perfect comprehension of the world is science , its more perfect comprehension of its own nature is love , its more perfect expression of its remembered life is art . Mankind is the grandest and surest artist of all , and history as it ...
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... perfect in the grass that flourishes for a summer , or in the rose of dawn that fades even while it blossoms , so the power of moral ideas enters , entire and perfect , into our being , and , as I said , the humblest of men suffering ...
... perfect in the grass that flourishes for a summer , or in the rose of dawn that fades even while it blossoms , so the power of moral ideas enters , entire and perfect , into our being , and , as I said , the humblest of men suffering ...
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... perfect in St. Fran- cis , in Philip Sidney , in all men of spiritual genius , makes them a part of this inner vision — and , rank over rank , above them the perfection of Arthur and Parsifal , and still more high the perfection of ...
... perfect in St. Fran- cis , in Philip Sidney , in all men of spiritual genius , makes them a part of this inner vision — and , rank over rank , above them the perfection of Arthur and Parsifal , and still more high the perfection of ...
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Page 175 - The floating Clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
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 148 - 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 186 - 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 171 - 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 - 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 170 - And not a voice was idle : with the din Meanwhile the precipices rang aloud. The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron ; while the 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 150 - 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 168 - 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 151 - 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...