An Old Castle and Other EssaysMacmillan, 1922 - Всего страниц: 395 |
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... century to the poetry of the early eighteenth century ; and yet , in these days when so much stress is laid upon the picturesque , the suggestive , or even the mere musical functions of poetry , -when Mr. Addington Symonds thinks ...
... century to the poetry of the early eighteenth century ; and yet , in these days when so much stress is laid upon the picturesque , the suggestive , or even the mere musical functions of poetry , -when Mr. Addington Symonds thinks ...
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... century . Farther up , as you near the apex of the angle and the junction . of the two rivers , almost at the top of the hill , is the venerable church of St. Lawrence ; and a few rods farther , at the very top of the hill , and just at ...
... century . Farther up , as you near the apex of the angle and the junction . of the two rivers , almost at the top of the hill , is the venerable church of St. Lawrence ; and a few rods farther , at the very top of the hill , and just at ...
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... centuries , will throw a hush upon you as you enter their solemn circuit . Time has laid his hand but gently on this old castle . Its bold masses rise as they rose half a millennium ago , its grand outlines still entire , though ...
... centuries , will throw a hush upon you as you enter their solemn circuit . Time has laid his hand but gently on this old castle . Its bold masses rise as they rose half a millennium ago , its grand outlines still entire , though ...
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... century this castle was an official residence of a noble family which numbered in it some of the greatest names of England's greatest age , and whose list of personal acquaintance com- prised almost that whole circle of statesmen ...
... century this castle was an official residence of a noble family which numbered in it some of the greatest names of England's greatest age , and whose list of personal acquaintance com- prised almost that whole circle of statesmen ...
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... centuries the centers of battle and siege , ceased now to be fortresses any more and were turned into knightly palaces . It was the beginning of modern life , you see . The nobles no longer came to court with two - handed sword and ...
... centuries the centers of battle and siege , ceased now to be fortresses any more and were turned into knightly palaces . It was the beginning of modern life , you see . The nobles no longer came to court with two - handed sword and ...
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Стр. 106 - When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh ! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge ; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. The lark, that...
Стр. 47 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Стр. 89 - Yare, yare, good Iras; quick. — Methinks, I hear Antony call; I see him rouse himself To praise my noble act; I hear him mock The luck of Caesar, which the gods give men To excuse their after wrath: Husband, I come: Now to that name my courage prove my title ! I am fire, and air; my other elements I give to baser life.
Стр. 39 - It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-field did pass In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding : Sweet lovers love the spring.
Стр. 110 - Even here undone ! I was not much afeard ; for once or twice I was about to speak and tell him plainly, The selfsame sun that shines upon his court Hides not his visage from our cottage but Looks on alike.
Стр. 325 - GROW old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!
Стр. 108 - I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, and own No other function.
Стр. 60 - Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night; for, good youth, he went but forth to wash him in the Hellespont and being taken with the cramp was drowned; and the foolish chroniclers of that age found it was — Hero of Sestos. But these are all lies. Men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them. but not for love.
Стр. 247 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Стр. 89 - With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate Of life at once untie : poor venomous fool, Be angry, and dispatch.