The Poetry of Life, Volume 1Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - Life |
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Page 8
... less sordid ad- venturers , and calls in no measured terms upon the mighty minstrels of past ages to avenge Parnassus of her wrongs . Three different motives operate in stimulating men to write Poetry : the love of fame , the want of ...
... less sordid ad- venturers , and calls in no measured terms upon the mighty minstrels of past ages to avenge Parnassus of her wrongs . Three different motives operate in stimulating men to write Poetry : the love of fame , the want of ...
Page 9
... less figurative phraseology , I would describe as the Poetry of Life ; because it per- vades all things either seen , felt , or understood , where the associations are sublime , beautiful , tender , or re- fined . In short , where the ...
... less figurative phraseology , I would describe as the Poetry of Life ; because it per- vades all things either seen , felt , or understood , where the associations are sublime , beautiful , tender , or re- fined . In short , where the ...
Page 10
... less a distinction than to have read one through ; while cheap and popular publications fraught with all manner of interesting details are accessible to the poorest classes of the community , it is impossible to believe that there is ...
... less a distinction than to have read one through ; while cheap and popular publications fraught with all manner of interesting details are accessible to the poorest classes of the community , it is impossible to believe that there is ...
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... less than an idol to his enraptured fancy , and that hands profane ( for such things are ) have presumed to colour the pupils of the up - turned eyes - let any other sensation whatever , directly at variance with what the figure itself ...
... less than an idol to his enraptured fancy , and that hands profane ( for such things are ) have presumed to colour the pupils of the up - turned eyes - let any other sensation whatever , directly at variance with what the figure itself ...
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... less poetical , because of the many little cares and vexations they force upon us ; and no power on earth could convince us that there was poetry in an infant's cry . Yet is it neither softness nor sweetness which always constitutes the ...
... less poetical , because of the many little cares and vexations they force upon us ; and no power on earth could convince us that there was poetry in an infant's cry . Yet is it neither softness nor sweetness which always constitutes the ...
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acquainted admiration affections afford amongst animal artist asso associations beauty behold beneath birds bittern bosom boughs brow burlesque capable character charm colour dark deep delight earth enjoyment evanescent excitement familiar fancy flowers gale gaze genius hand happiness harmony heart heaven human ideas imagination intellectual interest Irish labour language less light listen living look Lord Byron lyre mankind marble beauties melancholy melody mind minstrel moon mountain myste mysterious nature night object ocean painter painting passions pathos peculiar Pelion perfect picture pleasure poet poetic feeling poetry present principle racter refined repose riety rook scarcely scene sensations shadow silent smile solemn song sordid sorrow soul sound spirit spring stream striking sublime sweet taste tempest tenderness things thought tion touching trees tural ture voice wandering waves weary weeping willow wild wind wings wood pigeon woods words