It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those i'ar stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak... The Dublin Review - Стр. 651874Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1842 - Страниц: 712
...of Thought whose surges leap O'er the weak throne of Wrong. Never did poesy appear So full of Heav'n to me as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear, To lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls... | |
| 1872 - Страниц: 676
...them : they stand thus in the English edition of his " Poetical Works," Routledge & Co., 1852:— " It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those fur stars that come in sight Once in a century ; But better far it is to speak, One simple word, which... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - Страниц: 588
...Hope is but vague and undefined, Till from the poet's tongue the message rolls A blessing to his kind. Never did Poesy appear So full of heaven to me, as...lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thought* that shall glud the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - Страниц: 772
...celestial mould, And speak to man in one eternal hymn, Unfading beauty, and unyielding power. Percival. Never did poesy appear So full of heaven to me, as...through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men! I thought, these men will carry hence Promptings their former life above, And something of a finer... | |
| John Kitto - 1853 - Страниц: 576
...writings are ephemeral. lie introduces the lines, — ' It may be glorious to write Thoughts which shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once iu a century ; But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken a new... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - Страниц: 474
...tongue the message rolls A blessing to his kind. Never did Poesy appear Bo full of heaven to me, u when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. . It may be glorioun to write Thoughts that símil glad the two or three High -ч ils, like thotA- tar t Lau that... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - Страниц: 610
...undefin'd, Till from the poet's tongue the message rolls, A blessing to his kind. Jama Rundí LmeeU. Never did poesy appear So full of heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pieree through pride and fear To the lives of eoarsest men ! I thought, these men will earry henee... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1857 - Страниц: 334
...Hope is but vague and undefined, Till from the poet's tongue the message rolls A blessing to his kind. Never did Poesy appear So full of heaven to me, as...shall glad the two or three High souls, like those i'ar stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word,... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - Страниц: 748
...rolls A blessing to his kind. God wills, man hopes : in common souls Hope is but vague and undefined, Never did Poesy appear So full of heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and To the lives of coarsest men. [fear It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or... | |
| John Cumming - 1860 - Страниц: 320
...new light to the scholar ; but he labours to teach, and he prays that he may be useful to the many. "It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once iu a century ; But better far it is to speak One simple word which now and then Shall waken a new nature... | |
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