Sheridan's and Henderson's Practical Method of Reading and Reciting English Poetry: Elucidated by a Variety of Examples Taken from Some of Our Most Popular Poets, and the Manner Pointed Out in which They Were Read Or Recited by the Above Gentlemen; Intended for the Improvement of Youth, and as a Necessary Introduction to Dr. Enfield's Speaker |
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... thee airs from heav'n or blafts from hell , - Be thy intent wicked , or charitable , Thou com'ft in fuch a questionable fhape , That I will speak to thee . - In all these lines obferve the fame folemnity as before- mentioned , and the ...
... thee airs from heav'n or blafts from hell , - Be thy intent wicked , or charitable , Thou com'ft in fuch a questionable fhape , That I will speak to thee . - In all these lines obferve the fame folemnity as before- mentioned , and the ...
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... thee quietly inurn'd , 11 Hath op'd its ponderous and marble jaws To cast thee up again ? ! The words marked with a frong fwell of utterance .. What may this mean ? That thou , dead corfe , again in complete steel Revifit'ft thus the ...
... thee quietly inurn'd , 11 Hath op'd its ponderous and marble jaws To cast thee up again ? ! The words marked with a frong fwell of utterance .. What may this mean ? That thou , dead corfe , again in complete steel Revifit'ft thus the ...
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... thee " With kind regard . O'er thee , Here keep your voice up , and pause as often before re- coinmended . " the fecret shaft " That waftes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon , flies harmless ; and that very voice “ Which ...
... thee " With kind regard . O'er thee , Here keep your voice up , and pause as often before re- coinmended . " the fecret shaft " That waftes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon , flies harmless ; and that very voice “ Which ...
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... thee , William , of thy fault , " Thy pledge and broken cath ; " And give me back my maiden vow , “ And give me back my troth . The two laft lines very pathetic , which you must also , ftrictly observe for the five following verfes ...
... thee , William , of thy fault , " Thy pledge and broken cath ; " And give me back my maiden vow , “ And give me back my troth . The two laft lines very pathetic , which you must also , ftrictly observe for the five following verfes ...
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... thee to thy doồm . ! " 1 66 Here to the houseless child of want , " My door is open still ; " And tho ' my portion is but scant , " I give it with good will . " Then turn to night , and freely fhare " Whate'er my cell bestows ; " My ...
... thee to thy doồm . ! " 1 66 Here to the houseless child of want , " My door is open still ; " And tho ' my portion is but scant , " I give it with good will . " Then turn to night , and freely fhare " Whate'er my cell bestows ; " My ...
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Page 175 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 176 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 81 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Page 58 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 18 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?
Page 157 - The slender Fir, that taper grows, The sturdy Oak with broad-spread Boughs...
Page 139 - Ye mute companions of my toils, that bear In all my griefs a more than equal share...
Page 189 - Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
Page 62 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And...
Page 76 - Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air And, with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.