Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Հատոր 1Harper & Brothers, 1847 |
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... thought of singing of Alley , Lane , or Street ! What a difference from Or- " Achilles ' wrath , to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered , heavenly goddess , sing ! " " The man for wisdom's various arts renowned , Long exercised ...
... thought of singing of Alley , Lane , or Street ! What a difference from Or- " Achilles ' wrath , to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered , heavenly goddess , sing ! " " The man for wisdom's various arts renowned , Long exercised ...
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... thought if I were he , I would know well what to do . " By the time he was fifteen years of age he says he had served a dozen masters , being only engaged for short terms , and odd jobs . When about twelve years old , such was the ...
... thought if I were he , I would know well what to do . " By the time he was fifteen years of age he says he had served a dozen masters , being only engaged for short terms , and odd jobs . When about twelve years old , such was the ...
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... thought with myself , what is to hinder me from succeeding Burns ? I too was born on the 25th of January , and I have much more time to read and compose than any ploughman could have , and can sing more old songs than ever ploughman ...
... thought with myself , what is to hinder me from succeeding Burns ? I too was born on the 25th of January , and I have much more time to read and compose than any ploughman could have , and can sing more old songs than ever ploughman ...
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... thought had no sooner struck me than it was put in practice ; and I was obliged to select , not the best poems , but those that I remembered best . I wrote several of these during my short stay , and gave them all to a person to print ...
... thought had no sooner struck me than it was put in practice ; and I was obliged to select , not the best poems , but those that I remembered best . I wrote several of these during my short stay , and gave them all to a person to print ...
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... thought with such writers as Byron , Words- worth , Coleridge , etc. would have been to place himself not on an equality with them , but far beyond , for he must in himself have combined the various lofty qualities of them all . Some of ...
... thought with such writers as Byron , Words- worth , Coleridge , etc. would have been to place himself not on an equality with them , but far beyond , for he must in himself have combined the various lofty qualities of them all . Some of ...
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Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Հատոր 1 William Howitt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1847 |
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Էջ 520 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Էջ 5 - That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Էջ 519 - Lady Clara Vere de Vere, Some meeker pupil you must find, For were you queen of all that is, I could not stoop to such a mind. You sought to prove how I could love, And my disdain is my reply. The lion on your old stone gates Is not more cold to you than I.
Էջ 5 - Fast by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th...
Էջ 4 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Էջ 521 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Էջ 524 - Fool, again the dream, the fancy ! but I know my words are wild, But I count the gray barbarian lower than the Christian child. I, to herd with narrow foreheads, vacant of our glorious gains, Like a beast with lower pleasures, like a beast with lower pains...
Էջ 337 - But from that hour forgot the smart, And Peace bound up my broken heart. In prison I saw Him next, condemned To meet a traitor's doom at morn ; The tide of lying tongues I...
Էջ 512 - A still salt pool, lock'd in with bars of sand, Left on the shore ; that hears all night The plunging seas draw backward from the land Their moon-led waters white.
Էջ 524 - Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward, let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. Thro...