Littell's Living Age, Volume 16Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1848 |
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... seen , or dreamed , of an Apollo six feet high , looking sublime , and sending forth dreadful arrows from the far - resounding bow ; he should have looked only to that " child upon the cloud , " or rather , he should have seen his ...
... seen , or dreamed , of an Apollo six feet high , looking sublime , and sending forth dreadful arrows from the far - resounding bow ; he should have looked only to that " child upon the cloud , " or rather , he should have seen his ...
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... seen anything so beautiful . They were of a bril- liant white , with long slender necks : they were swans . They uttered a strange note , spread their superb long wings , and flew away from the cold countries ( for the winter was ...
... seen anything so beautiful . They were of a bril- liant white , with long slender necks : they were swans . They uttered a strange note , spread their superb long wings , and flew away from the cold countries ( for the winter was ...
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... seen a mountain . The utmost the describer can do , in all such cases , is to liken the scene to something already familiar to the reader's imagination . Though generally faithful , we cannot say that our author never sacri- fices ...
... seen a mountain . The utmost the describer can do , in all such cases , is to liken the scene to something already familiar to the reader's imagination . Though generally faithful , we cannot say that our author never sacri- fices ...
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... seen Rome in one day , and was now going to Na- ples to ascend Vesuvius , and then by the steam- vessel to Marseilles , to gain a knowledge also of the south of France , which he hoped to do in a still shorter time . At length eight ...
... seen Rome in one day , and was now going to Na- ples to ascend Vesuvius , and then by the steam- vessel to Marseilles , to gain a knowledge also of the south of France , which he hoped to do in a still shorter time . At length eight ...
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... seen so much to do , and have done it so well . United States . We copy it with pleasure . - Pic- Philosophers like Franklin and Edwards , theologians ayune . ] recent American work . The tone of it is far su- The Prose Writers of ...
... seen so much to do , and have done it so well . United States . We copy it with pleasure . - Pic- Philosophers like Franklin and Edwards , theologians ayune . ] recent American work . The tone of it is far su- The Prose Writers of ...
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Página 67 - A pardlike Spirit beautiful and swift — A Love in desolation masked; — a Power Girt round with weakness; — it can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour...
Página 276 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 281 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Página 4 - Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read." So he vanished from my sight; And I plucked a hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear.
Página 66 - This poem was chiefly written upon the mountainous ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, among the flowery glades, and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air. The bright blue sky of Rome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening of spring in that divinest climate, and the new life with which it drenches the spirits even to intoxication, were the inspiration of this drama.
Página 4 - Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;' So I piped: he wept to hear. 'Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!
Página 100 - The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?
Página 66 - Prometheus is, as it were, the type of the highest perfection of moral and intellectual nature, impelled by the purest and the truest motives to the best and noblest ends.
Página 100 - It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given something is taken.
Página 63 - It had been long abandoned, for its sides Gaped wide with many a rift, and its frail joints Swayed with the undulations of the tide. A restless impulse urged him to embark, And meet lone Death on the drear ocean's waste ; For well he knew that mighty Shadow loves The slimy caverns of the populous deep.