Heroes of Literature: English Poets. A Book for Young ReadersSociety for promoting Christian knowledge, 1883 - Всего страниц: 406 |
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... greatest lustre to English literature . Noble indeed is the heritage they have handed down to us , and to appreciate by patient study the boon we have received forms no mean part of a liberal education . I propose to assist my readers ...
... greatest lustre to English literature . Noble indeed is the heritage they have handed down to us , and to appreciate by patient study the boon we have received forms no mean part of a liberal education . I propose to assist my readers ...
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... greatest poets of the world . There is no gracious gift of song which Chaucer does not possess , unless it be that of lyrical utterance . Imagination , fancy , humour , pathos , dramatic skill , exquisite felicity of expression , -these ...
... greatest poets of the world . There is no gracious gift of song which Chaucer does not possess , unless it be that of lyrical utterance . Imagination , fancy , humour , pathos , dramatic skill , exquisite felicity of expression , -these ...
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... greatest master of versi- fication in our language . " Do you love Spenser ? " writes Landor . " I have him in my heart of hearts . ” * Keats , at seventeen , in the expressive words of Cowden Clarke , " ramped through the scenes of the ...
... greatest master of versi- fication in our language . " Do you love Spenser ? " writes Landor . " I have him in my heart of hearts . ” * Keats , at seventeen , in the expressive words of Cowden Clarke , " ramped through the scenes of the ...
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... greatest poets , unlike many smaller singers , have been men eminent for worldly sagacity and business tact . * Grant that the poetical nature is of rarer value , and therefore more precious than the practical wisdom so needful in this ...
... greatest poets , unlike many smaller singers , have been men eminent for worldly sagacity and business tact . * Grant that the poetical nature is of rarer value , and therefore more precious than the practical wisdom so needful in this ...
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... greatest of our poets -the greatest of all poets - and his gifts are so infinitely varied that it is almost impossible to criticize him justly . One reader will be enthralled by one phase of his genius , a second reader by another , and ...
... greatest of our poets -the greatest of all poets - and his gifts are so infinitely varied that it is almost impossible to criticize him justly . One reader will be enthralled by one phase of his genius , a second reader by another , and ...
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Стр. 24 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Стр. 190 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Стр. 124 - These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation : and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...
Стр. 92 - They are all gone into the world of light ! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast, Like stars upon some gloomy grove, Or those faint beams in which this hill is drest, After the sun's remove.
Стр. 254 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much: Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Стр. 238 - When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Стр. 271 - Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
Стр. 105 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Стр. 140 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells ; hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place, or time.
Стр. 263 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.