| 1854 - 604 страница
...rhapsodies. * " Wheu there are woods and un-man-etifled places."— The Pioneer. \ Apollo loquitur. - Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe...his exquisite sense would scarce change a line In thai rare, tender, virgin-like pastoral, EvangeKne* What puff the strained sails of your praise shall... | |
| William Threlkeld Edwards - 1862 - 178 страница
...philosophies. Tenderness and purity pervade all his works. Well has Lowell spoken of one pf his poems, — " 'Tis truth that I speak : Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe that his exquisite taste would scarce change a line, In that rare, tender, virgin-like pastoral, Evangeline, That 's not... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 страница
...impregnate may be, Like the poor exiled shell with the soul of the sea, Or as one can't bear Strauss when his nature is cloven To its deeps within deeps...the stroke of Beethoven ; But, set that aside, and 'tistruth that I speak, Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe that his exquisite... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 страница
...impregnate may be, Like the poor exiled shell with the soul of the sea, Or as one can't bear Strauss when his nature is cloven To its deeps within deeps...the stroke of Beethoven ; But, set that aside, and 't is truth that I speak, Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe that his exquisite... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 страница
...impregnate may be, Like the poor exiled shell with the soul of the sea, Or as one can't bear Strauss when his nature is cloven To its deeps within deeps...the stroke of Beethoven ; But, set that aside, and 't is truth that I speak, Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe that his exquisite... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 страница
...impregnate may be, Like the poor exiled shell with the soul of the sea, Or as one can't bear Strauss when his nature is cloven To its deeps within deeps...the stroke of Beethoven ; But, set that aside, and Ч is troth that I speak, Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe that his exquisite... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 страница
...impregnate may be, Like the poor exiled shell with the soul of the sea, Or as one can't bear Strauss when his nature is cloven To its deeps within deeps by the strokf of Beethoven ; But, set that aside, and Ч is truth that I speak, Had Theocritus written in... | |
| John Nichol - 1882 - 496 страница
...— " Your modern hexameter verses are no more Like Greek ones than sleek Mr. Pope is like Homer ; But set that aside, and, 'tis truth that I speak,...Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe that hia exquisite sense would scarce change a line In that rare tender virgin-like pastoral Evangeline... | |
| John Nichol - 1882 - 528 страница
...— " Your modern hexameter verses are no more Like Greek ones than sleek Mr. Pope is like Homer ; But set that aside, and, 'tis truth that I speak, Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, "EVANGELINE," AND "THE GOLDEN LEGEND." 201 I believe that his exquisite sense would scarce change a... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 страница
...impregnate may be, Like the poor exiled shell with the soul of the sea, Or as one can't bear Stranss when his nature is cloven To its deeps within deeps by the stroke of Beethoven ; But, setthat aside, and 't is truth that I speak, Had Theocritus written in English, not Greek, I believe... | |
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