The Quarterly review, Volume 69Murray, 1842 |
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worth's poetry during the first quarter of the present century . That was a period when the poetry of reflection was so much out of fashion that verse had almost ceased to be regarded as a vehicle for thought , and even thoughtful men ...
worth's poetry during the first quarter of the present century . That was a period when the poetry of reflection was so much out of fashion that verse had almost ceased to be regarded as a vehicle for thought , and even thoughtful men ...
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part , suggested by public occurrences which took place within the eventful and instructive period of the history of liberty ex- tending from the French Revolution to the battle of Waterloo ; with some few upon subjects belonging to ...
part , suggested by public occurrences which took place within the eventful and instructive period of the history of liberty ex- tending from the French Revolution to the battle of Waterloo ; with some few upon subjects belonging to ...
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... periods fixed , and laws established , less Flesh to exalt than prove its nothingness .'- Sonnets , p . 250 . It was in no other spirit - it was in the profound humility of his own nature , and with a deep insight into man's nature ...
... periods fixed , and laws established , less Flesh to exalt than prove its nothingness .'- Sonnets , p . 250 . It was in no other spirit - it was in the profound humility of his own nature , and with a deep insight into man's nature ...
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... period not many centuries antecedent to the invasion of the Spaniards ; and there appears great weight in the arguments which he adduces . But although this comparative modernness may somewhat detract from the mysterious interest which ...
... period not many centuries antecedent to the invasion of the Spaniards ; and there appears great weight in the arguments which he adduces . But although this comparative modernness may somewhat detract from the mysterious interest which ...
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... period of civil war and all its attendant miseries . We predict this from our conviction that its population is very far removed from that state of intelligence and advancement which alone can fit a people to receive free institu- tions ...
... period of civil war and all its attendant miseries . We predict this from our conviction that its population is very far removed from that state of intelligence and advancement which alone can fit a people to receive free institu- tions ...
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Page 195 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Page 33 - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 26 - We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest: The wealthiest man among us is the best: No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore: Plain living and high thinking are no more: The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.
Page 451 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 457 - To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss ; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this ! The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow; It felt like the warning Of what I feel now. Thy vows are all broken, And light is thy fame: I hear thy name spoken And share in its shame. They name thee before me, A knell to mine ear; A shudder comes o'er me — Why wert thou so dear?
Page 254 - Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood and declared himself free.
Page 22 - The Sensual and the Dark rebel in vain, Slaves by their own compulsion! In mad game They burst their manacles and wear the name Of Freedom, graven on a heavier chain!
Page 5 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ! This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. 'Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Page 8 - In his steady course, No piteous revolutions had he felt, No wild varieties of joy and grief. Unoccupied by sorrow of its own, His heart lay open ; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy with man, he was alive To all that was enjoyed where'er he went, And all that was endured...
Page 21 - Even so doth God protect us if we be Virtuous and wise. Winds blow, and waters roll, Strength to the brave, and power, and deity, Yet in themselves are nothing...