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... volume . Editions of the poet and essays on his works contain but a fraction of the writings on the subject . Periodicals , histories , biographies , letters , novels , poems , religious tracts , and political pamphlets , as well as ...
... volume . Editions of the poet and essays on his works contain but a fraction of the writings on the subject . Periodicals , histories , biographies , letters , novels , poems , religious tracts , and political pamphlets , as well as ...
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... volume , descended from the table , made his bow , and without a word disap- peared . . . . The next morning a pacquet was transmitted to Miss Seward , enclosing an elaborate critique on the English Homer ” ( Notes and Queries , 3d ...
... volume , descended from the table , made his bow , and without a word disap- peared . . . . The next morning a pacquet was transmitted to Miss Seward , enclosing an elaborate critique on the English Homer ” ( Notes and Queries , 3d ...
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... volume upon Gray , Collins , and their contem- poraries ; but it is quite unwarranted . Even lyric poets , who natu- rally made more use of the octosyllabics , sonnets , and other short pieces , were as whole - hearted in their ...
... volume upon Gray , Collins , and their contem- poraries ; but it is quite unwarranted . Even lyric poets , who natu- rally made more use of the octosyllabics , sonnets , and other short pieces , were as whole - hearted in their ...
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... volumes of verse written by members of universities in celebration of various public events . These sumptuous folios and quartos are thickly strewn with octosyllabics and blank verse derived from Milton's work , as well as with phrases ...
... volumes of verse written by members of universities in celebration of various public events . These sumptuous folios and quartos are thickly strewn with octosyllabics and blank verse derived from Milton's work , as well as with phrases ...
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... Volume of Miscellanies ( w . 1755 ) , in Poetical Works ( 1774 ) , i . 106. By those who ' choose Milton as a model ' Lloyd seems to mean nothing more than those who write blank verse . Cf. p . 78 below . ' Neele's Lectures on English ...
... Volume of Miscellanies ( w . 1755 ) , in Poetical Works ( 1774 ) , i . 106. By those who ' choose Milton as a model ' Lloyd seems to mean nothing more than those who write blank verse . Cf. p . 78 below . ' Neele's Lectures on English ...
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Page 185 - But worthier still of note Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale, Joined in one solemn and capacious grove; Huge trunks! and each particular trunk a growth Of intertwisted fibres serpentine Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved; Nor uniformed with Phantasy, and looks That threaten the profane...
Page 178 - Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
Page 204 - She was a Goddess of the infant world ; By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height: she would have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck ; Or with a finger stay'd Ixion's wheel.
Page 206 - I have given up Hyperion — there were too many Miltonic inversions in it — Miltonic verse cannot be written but in an artful, or, rather, artist's humour. I wish to give myself up to other sensations. English ought to be kept up.
Page 84 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since, baptized or infidel, Jousted in Aspramont, or Montalban, Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond, Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore, When Charlemain with all his peerage fell By Fontarabia.
Page 192 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted ; here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed ; there, towers begirt With...
Page 588 - Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
Page 230 - His wandering step Obedient to high thoughts, has visited The awful ruins of the days of old : Athens, and Tyre, and Balbec, and the waste Where stood Jerusalem, the fallen towers Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, Dark Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
Page 597 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light: There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high, and anthems clear, As may with sweetness through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 81 - Their song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when spirits immortal sing?) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.