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" Grief fills the room up of my absent child. Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of... "
Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ... - Page 57
by John Seely Hart - 1857 - 384 pages
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The Poetry of Life, Volume 1

Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 358 pages
...lament of Constance, after the French king tells her she is as fond of grief as of her child : — ,, Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief." The following example from Cowper is remarkable for its elegance and beauty. Alluding to the lemon...
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Works, Volume 2

Thomas Gray - 1835 - 342 pages
...with me, not hartshorn, nor spirit of amber, nor all that furnishes the closet of an apothecary's * Grief fills the room up of my absent child ; Lies...walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, &c. — Rogers, widow, should persuade me to part with them : But, while I write to you, I hear the...
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The Works of Thomas Gray ...: Essay on Gray's poetry [by J. Mitford] Letters

Thomas Gray - 1835 - 334 pages
...with me, not hartshorn, nor spirit of amber, nor all that furnishes the closet of an apothecary's * Grief fills the room up of my absent child ; Lies...walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, &c. — Rogers. widow, should persuade me to part with them : But, while I write to you, I hear the...
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Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...the most impassioned and vehement eloquence. How exquisitely beautiful are the following lines ! — "Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies...his form : Then have I reason to be fond of grief." Shakspeare has judiciously preserved the character of the Bastard Faulconbridge, which was furnished...
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Lailí and Majnún: A Poem

Niẓāmī Ganjavī - Atkinson, James - 1836 - 142 pages
...Shakespeare has something like this personification of grief in King John, act iii. scene 4. • Constance. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form : Then, have I reason to be fond of grief. Line 2327. The bulbul o'er thy roses joyous stoops. The bulbul is the nightingale. The reader need...
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Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in art - 1837 - 400 pages
...thoughts start into images, but her feelings become persons ; grief haunts her as a living presence : Grief fills the room up of my absent child ; Lies...pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all hia gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...19 — i. 1. 201 Our strength is all gone into heaviness, That makes the weight ! 30— iv. 13. 202 Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form; Then have I reason to be fond of grief. 16 — iii. 4. ) Free. k Vs. xc. 9. ' Bend, yield to pressure. m Anger and terror have been known to...
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Elements of the Pathology of the Human Mind

Thomas Mayo - Imagination - 1838 - 206 pages
...the painful emotion ; such as is beautifully exhibited, and reasoned upon by Lady Constance. (Irief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his...his form. Then have I reason to be fond of grief. For some time this state is voluntarily indulged in. But pain soon predominates over pleasure, and...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Winter's tale. Comedy of errors ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 568 pages
...most impassioned and vehement eloquence. How exquisitely beautiful axe the following lines ! — " Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form: Then have I reason to be fond of grief." Shakspeare has judiciously preserved the character of the Bastard Paulconbridge, which was furnished...
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David Williams: The Anvil and the Hammer

Whitney Richard David Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1986 - 304 pages
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