Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... heavens and the earth with beings who still retain the violent passions of men , while their divinities speak in the tempest or hover round the field of carnage . Images of rugged grandeur and awe first fill the mind , long before it ...
... heavens and the earth with beings who still retain the violent passions of men , while their divinities speak in the tempest or hover round the field of carnage . Images of rugged grandeur and awe first fill the mind , long before it ...
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... heaven to hell is flown away . I hate , from hate away she threw , And sav'd my life , saying - not you . Sonnet 145 . SIR JOHN DAVIES composed a poem on the Immor- tality of the soul , the Hymns of Astrea in acrostic verse , dedicated ...
... heaven to hell is flown away . I hate , from hate away she threw , And sav'd my life , saying - not you . Sonnet 145 . SIR JOHN DAVIES composed a poem on the Immor- tality of the soul , the Hymns of Astrea in acrostic verse , dedicated ...
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... , ' ere winds were taught to blow , Or moving spirit bade the waters flow ; Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiven , And mild as opening gleams of promis'd heaven , The white my innocence displaying , The red my martyrdom 49.
... , ' ere winds were taught to blow , Or moving spirit bade the waters flow ; Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiven , And mild as opening gleams of promis'd heaven , The white my innocence displaying , The red my martyrdom 49.
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... Heaven itself would stoop to her . Such is the outline of the Masque . But it is not in plot merely , nor character , nor dialogue that the chief merit of the drama consists . The plot is too flimsy , the persons are too cold , the ...
... Heaven itself would stoop to her . Such is the outline of the Masque . But it is not in plot merely , nor character , nor dialogue that the chief merit of the drama consists . The plot is too flimsy , the persons are too cold , the ...
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... Heaven's vault , " Which then perhaps , rebounding , may " Echo beyond the Mexique bay . " Thus sang they , in the English boat , A holy and a cheerful note , And all the way , to guide their chime , With falling oars they kept the time ...
... Heaven's vault , " Which then perhaps , rebounding , may " Echo beyond the Mexique bay . " Thus sang they , in the English boat , A holy and a cheerful note , And all the way , to guide their chime , With falling oars they kept the time ...
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Æneid allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence English English poetry eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal