Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 էջ |
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... wanting to give a proper tone and color to the picture of the period , and finish that bold sketch of which history is the grand outline . There are perhaps few branches of literature more calculated to supply part of this information ...
... wanting to give a proper tone and color to the picture of the period , and finish that bold sketch of which history is the grand outline . There are perhaps few branches of literature more calculated to supply part of this information ...
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... wanting , the entrance of Alfred into the Danish camp , disguised as a harper or gleeman , would shew the influence of poetry and the popularity of its professors . The Norman army that invaded England came accompanied by its minstrels ...
... wanting , the entrance of Alfred into the Danish camp , disguised as a harper or gleeman , would shew the influence of poetry and the popularity of its professors . The Norman army that invaded England came accompanied by its minstrels ...
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... wanting . The pilgrims are persons of different rank and station . There is the knighte , the millere , the reve , the coke , the sergeant of the lawe , the wif of Bathe , the frere ' wanton and merrie , ' the soumpnoure , the clerk of ...
... wanting . The pilgrims are persons of different rank and station . There is the knighte , the millere , the reve , the coke , the sergeant of the lawe , the wif of Bathe , the frere ' wanton and merrie , ' the soumpnoure , the clerk of ...
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... wanting in unity , proportion of detail , and in that masculine vigor and originality which distinguish the productions of Chaucer . Considering the times in which he lived , Gower was a man of great attainments and lively ...
... wanting in unity , proportion of detail , and in that masculine vigor and originality which distinguish the productions of Chaucer . Considering the times in which he lived , Gower was a man of great attainments and lively ...
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... wanting in power , yet free from that conceit which gives an air of affectation to the works of his friend , WYATT . Both were zealous imitators of the Italian writers , but Surrey had the better discrimi- nation and finer vein of ...
... wanting in power , yet free from that conceit which gives an air of affectation to the works of his friend , WYATT . Both were zealous imitators of the Italian writers , but Surrey had the better discrimi- nation and finer vein of ...
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Æneid affections allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence ENGLISH POETRY eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stanza stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal
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Էջ 38 - Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue, Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew: Nor did...
Էջ 71 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they oerflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By...
Էջ 99 - Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades.
Էջ 101 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon. When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Էջ 77 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Էջ 39 - They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you ; you pattern of all those. Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away, As with your shadow I with these did play : XCIX.
Էջ 103 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Էջ 77 - Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay. Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like profuse kings, resumes the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes...
Էջ 101 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
Էջ 103 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.