The Torch: Eight Lectures on Race Power in Literature Delivered Before the Lowell Institute of Boston MCMIII |
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... , and lifts off from the earth . The ex- perience is fixed for me by another half - childish memory , the familiar verses of Tom Hood in which he de- scribes his early home . You will recall the almost [ 17 ] MAN AND THE RACE.
... , and lifts off from the earth . The ex- perience is fixed for me by another half - childish memory , the familiar verses of Tom Hood in which he de- scribes his early home . You will recall the almost [ 17 ] MAN AND THE RACE.
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... verse ; he went to the other extreme , and introduced into his poetry such homely words as " tub , " for ex- ample ; he held that the proper language of poetry is the language of common life . So Emerson in his addresses , you remember ...
... verse ; he went to the other extreme , and introduced into his poetry such homely words as " tub , " for ex- ample ; he held that the proper language of poetry is the language of common life . So Emerson in his addresses , you remember ...
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... verse ; Pope will use the overtones of a polished society , Wordsworth and Emerson those of humble life . Now our larger question is what overtones are characteristically preferred in great literature , in what objects do they most ...
... verse ; Pope will use the overtones of a polished society , Wordsworth and Emerson those of humble life . Now our larger question is what overtones are characteristically preferred in great literature , in what objects do they most ...
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... verse . As with a man , what a na- tion strongly desires is no small part of its life , and is the mark of destiny upon it , whether for failure or success ; so the note of world - empire is heard in the latest English verse , and the ...
... verse . As with a man , what a na- tion strongly desires is no small part of its life , and is the mark of destiny upon it , whether for failure or success ; so the note of world - empire is heard in the latest English verse , and the ...
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... verse , its cruder morals in the Jewish ages , have been scoffed at , just as was the case with the Greek myth , from the Apostate to Voltaire and later ; but how great are its powers as a language is seen in the completeness with which ...
... verse , its cruder morals in the Jewish ages , have been scoffed at , just as was the case with the Greek myth , from the Apostate to Voltaire and later ; but how great are its powers as a language is seen in the completeness with which ...
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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...