Lectures on Poetry and General Literature: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Longman, 1833 - 394 Seiten |
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... Lord , speaking out of the whirl- wind to Job : " Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades , or loose the bands of Orion ? thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? " - Here shines ...
... Lord , speaking out of the whirl- wind to Job : " Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades , or loose the bands of Orion ? thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? " - Here shines ...
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... Lord ! what is man that Thou art mindful of him , or the son of man that Thou visitest him ? " Once more , and , Oh ! how touching is the thought ! —the stars , the unchanging stars , appear to us with the same placid magnificence as ...
... Lord ! what is man that Thou art mindful of him , or the son of man that Thou visitest him ? " Once more , and , Oh ! how touching is the thought ! —the stars , the unchanging stars , appear to us with the same placid magnificence as ...
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... he is ; when ( as he is already by antici- pation ) he shall be that which he is not , that , which , alas ! he never will be , - Lord of himself . ― If we would really know , by a test which 68 NO . 11 . WHAT IS POETICAL .
... he is ; when ( as he is already by antici- pation ) he shall be that which he is not , that , which , alas ! he never will be , - Lord of himself . ― If we would really know , by a test which 68 NO . 11 . WHAT IS POETICAL .
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... lord ? How fares your majesty ? LEAR . You do me wrong to take me out o ' the grave : Thou art a soul in bliss , but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire . CORDELIA . Sir , do you know me ? LEAR . You are a spirit , I know ; when did you die ...
... lord ? How fares your majesty ? LEAR . You do me wrong to take me out o ' the grave : Thou art a soul in bliss , but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire . CORDELIA . Sir , do you know me ? LEAR . You are a spirit , I know ; when did you die ...
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... Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians . ' " And the Lord said unto Moses , Stretch out thine hand over the sea , that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians , upon their chariots and upon their horsemen . ' " And Moses ...
... Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians . ' " And the Lord said unto Moses , Stretch out thine hand over the sea , that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians , upon their chariots and upon their horsemen . ' " And Moses ...
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Seite 25 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Seite 171 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Seite 61 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Seite 240 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Seite 51 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their...
Seite 101 - ... a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, the primary laws of our nature: chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.
Seite 101 - Poems was to choose incidents and situations from common life, and to relate or describe them, throughout, as far as was possible in a selection of language really used by men, and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect...
Seite 246 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Seite 126 - Could I embody and unbosom now, That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, [sword.
Seite 51 - LEAR. Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.