Letters Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 1George Ramsay, 1811 |
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... poetic imagery , may tend somewhat to obscure their real merit . But when this peculiarity is got over , the reader , it is presumed , cannot fail to be struck with the many intellectual and moral excellencies which they dis- play . 1 ...
... poetic imagery , may tend somewhat to obscure their real merit . But when this peculiarity is got over , the reader , it is presumed , cannot fail to be struck with the many intellectual and moral excellencies which they dis- play . 1 ...
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... poet must be unwilling to re- nounce the fable as a source of allusion . Poetic taste surely welcomes it in Mr Hayley's animated couplet concerning the female poets of this coun- try , in his EPISTLES ON EPIC POETRY , - " The bards of ...
... poet must be unwilling to re- nounce the fable as a source of allusion . Poetic taste surely welcomes it in Mr Hayley's animated couplet concerning the female poets of this coun- try , in his EPISTLES ON EPIC POETRY , - " The bards of ...
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... poet scruples to describe an elegant di- minutive female by the expression , fairy - form , or to impersonize unpropitious darkness by calling it -that witch , the night ? We must not be too strict with the bards in our demands for the ...
... poet scruples to describe an elegant di- minutive female by the expression , fairy - form , or to impersonize unpropitious darkness by calling it -that witch , the night ? We must not be too strict with the bards in our demands for the ...
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... poet , take Newton away ; When , O wonderful speech ! in the tone of a ghost , The meek modest sage thus petition'd to stay : " Dear irascible bard , be a little more just , Nor thy sculptor accuse of a careless transaction , In the ...
... poet , take Newton away ; When , O wonderful speech ! in the tone of a ghost , The meek modest sage thus petition'd to stay : " Dear irascible bard , be a little more just , Nor thy sculptor accuse of a careless transaction , In the ...
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... poetic , because imaginary bowers . There can be little doubt , however , that such laurel bowers were contemporary with the poet , plant- ed probably in lavish plenty by his hand , from their similarity to the name of his mistress ...
... poetic , because imaginary bowers . There can be little doubt , however , that such laurel bowers were contemporary with the poet , plant- ed probably in lavish plenty by his hand , from their similarity to the name of his mistress ...
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Page 212 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice...
Page 350 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 346 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 110 - This pow'r has praise that virtue scarce can warm, Till fame supplies the universal charm. Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name; And mortgag'd states their grandsires...
Page 201 - Back to the gates of heaven : the sulphurous hail, Shot after us in storm, o'erblown, hath laid The fiery surge, that from the precipice Of heaven received us falling ; and the thunder, Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep.
Page 19 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 243 - ... sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch: Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Page 110 - The festal blazes, the triumphal show, The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazette's pompous tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail. Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia whirl'd, For such the steady Romans shook the world...
Page 180 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 225 - The seat of Desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful?