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... young leaves , and where the mossy woodpaths are embroidered with thousands of flowers , from the earliest violet and primrose , the wood - anemone , the wood - sorrel , the daffodil , and the wild hyacinth of spring , to the wood ...
... young leaves , and where the mossy woodpaths are embroidered with thousands of flowers , from the earliest violet and primrose , the wood - anemone , the wood - sorrel , the daffodil , and the wild hyacinth of spring , to the wood ...
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... young man for another ; and , from that hour to the present , all whom he would himself most wish to please have showered upon him praises that cannot die . The difficulty in selecting from his works is the abun- dance ; but I prefer ...
... young man for another ; and , from that hour to the present , all whom he would himself most wish to please have showered upon him praises that cannot die . The difficulty in selecting from his works is the abun- dance ; but I prefer ...
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... young man ! could turn thy heart From Eunöe my daughter ? " Shall ever turn it . And love but once . 66 ' Nothing , Sir , I can die but once O Eunöe ! farewell ; " Nay , she shall see what thou canst bear for her . " " O father ! Shut ...
... young man ! could turn thy heart From Eunöe my daughter ? " Shall ever turn it . And love but once . 66 ' Nothing , Sir , I can die but once O Eunöe ! farewell ; " Nay , she shall see what thou canst bear for her . " " O father ! Shut ...
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... young girls , in reading that perfection of clearness and dramatic construction , " The Cenci ? " Ah ! what a tragic poet was lost in that boat- wreck ! Could it have happened with the " Ode to the Skylark , " an ode as melodious , as ...
... young girls , in reading that perfection of clearness and dramatic construction , " The Cenci ? " Ah ! what a tragic poet was lost in that boat- wreck ! Could it have happened with the " Ode to the Skylark , " an ode as melodious , as ...
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... young poet , but for that of his generous benefactors , Sir James Clarke and Mr. Severn . It is well in an age , called perhaps more selfish than it deserves to be , to fall back upon such instances of patient and unostentatious ...
... young poet , but for that of his generous benefactors , Sir James Clarke and Mr. Severn . It is well in an age , called perhaps more selfish than it deserves to be , to fall back upon such instances of patient and unostentatious ...
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Página 340 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Página 43 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee ! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry Fays; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Página 148 - Rise, O ever rise ; Rise like a cloud of incense from the earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread ambassador from earth to heaven, Great hierarch ! tell thou the silent sky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Página 193 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world!
Página 344 - ... our sage and serious poet Spenser, whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas, describing true temperance under the person of Guion, brings him in with his Palmer through the cave of Mammon, and the bower of earthly bliss, that he might see and know, and yet abstain.
Página 194 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Página 324 - What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Página 330 - Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Página 15 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Página 146 - Who gave you your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy, Unceasing thunder and eternal foam ? And who commanded (and the silence came), Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest...