The Task, Table Talk, and Other Poems: With Critical Observations of Various Authors on His Genius and Character, and Notes, Critical and Illustrative[A.S.] Barnes, 1856 - 435 страница |
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... heart . To enjoy fully the exquisite poetry of such a writer , one must have at hand the entire literature related to each of the poems - must be familiar with the circum- stances under which it was written , with the scenery present to ...
... heart . To enjoy fully the exquisite poetry of such a writer , one must have at hand the entire literature related to each of the poems - must be familiar with the circum- stances under which it was written , with the scenery present to ...
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... heart ; and even in his declining years , time seemed to have spared much of its ravages , though his mind was harassed by unceasing nervous excitement . He was of a middle stature , rather strong than delicate in the form of his limbs ...
... heart ; and even in his declining years , time seemed to have spared much of its ravages , though his mind was harassed by unceasing nervous excitement . He was of a middle stature , rather strong than delicate in the form of his limbs ...
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... heart ; and in reading aloud he furnished the chief delight of those social , en- chanting winter evenings , which he has described so happily in the Fourth Book of " The Task . " Secluded from the world as he had long been , he yet ...
... heart ; and in reading aloud he furnished the chief delight of those social , en- chanting winter evenings , which he has described so happily in the Fourth Book of " The Task . " Secluded from the world as he had long been , he yet ...
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... heart , that constitute their charm and excellence . They form a kind of biographical sketch , drawn by his own hand . His poetry proclaims the author ; his correspondence depicts the We see him in his walks , in the privacy of his ...
... heart , that constitute their charm and excellence . They form a kind of biographical sketch , drawn by his own hand . His poetry proclaims the author ; his correspondence depicts the We see him in his walks , in the privacy of his ...
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... heart . Cleansed in thine own all - purifying blood , Forgive their evil , and accept their good . I cast them at thy feet - my only plea Is what it was - dependence upon thee : While struggling in the vale of tears below , That never ...
... heart . Cleansed in thine own all - purifying blood , Forgive their evil , and accept their good . I cast them at thy feet - my only plea Is what it was - dependence upon thee : While struggling in the vale of tears below , That never ...
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Страница 96 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Страница 75 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Страница 225 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Страница 346 - But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Страница 138 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Страница 11 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Страница 215 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Страница 387 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I pricked them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile...
Страница 327 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Страница 217 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.