The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - English poetry |
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Page 7
... uses of trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY . 7.
... uses of trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY . 7.
Page 42
... heroic sentiments will lose their efficacy , and the most splendid ideas drop their magnificence , if they are conveyed by words used commonly upon low and trivial occasions , debased by vulgar mouths , and contaminated by inelegant ...
... heroic sentiments will lose their efficacy , and the most splendid ideas drop their magnificence , if they are conveyed by words used commonly upon low and trivial occasions , debased by vulgar mouths , and contaminated by inelegant ...
Page 43
... heroic poem is less familiar than that of his slightest writings . He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tem- pestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his ...
... heroic poem is less familiar than that of his slightest writings . He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tem- pestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his ...
Page 44
... heroic lines are often formed of monosyllables ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and sonorous . He says of the Messiah , Round the whole earth his dreaded name shall sound , And reach to worlds that must not yet be found . In another ...
... heroic lines are often formed of monosyllables ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and sonorous . He says of the Messiah , Round the whole earth his dreaded name shall sound , And reach to worlds that must not yet be found . In another ...
Page 46
... heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
... heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
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