The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 1H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley H. Bigelow, Esq., editor and proprietor, 1817 - American literature |
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... Society , for the signs of returning life , and consider the rescue of such a muse as that of Mr. Coleridge from suffocation by sub- mersion as some gain to the cause of true poetry . and beautiful poem , " the old toothless bitch shall.
... Society , for the signs of returning life , and consider the rescue of such a muse as that of Mr. Coleridge from suffocation by sub- mersion as some gain to the cause of true poetry . and beautiful poem , " the old toothless bitch shall.
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... society ; and though the author has raised them to and describing them , and the vivacious tragic dignity by his manner of telling touches of a very glowing pencil , yet the real substratum of the tale is one of those turbulent triumphs ...
... society ; and though the author has raised them to and describing them , and the vivacious tragic dignity by his manner of telling touches of a very glowing pencil , yet the real substratum of the tale is one of those turbulent triumphs ...
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... society existing in New - Eng- ted to the most finished ceremonial of land , which was , in his opinion , under good breeding , but attentive , gentle , providence , the source of all its pecu- and affectionate , especially to the hum ...
... society existing in New - Eng- ted to the most finished ceremonial of land , which was , in his opinion , under good breeding , but attentive , gentle , providence , the source of all its pecu- and affectionate , especially to the hum ...
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... Society . AMONG the literary institutions poses , the Society , on the 11th of March Saml . L. Mitchill , M. D. on Zoology and Geology . which do honour to this city , ( of last , resolved to establish lectureships all of which we ...
... Society . AMONG the literary institutions poses , the Society , on the 11th of March Saml . L. Mitchill , M. D. on Zoology and Geology . which do honour to this city , ( of last , resolved to establish lectureships all of which we ...
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... Society , measures ought to be adopted to form a cabinet of Zoology . Some of the leading objects are comprehended in the fol- lowing summary ; from which it will appear , that the collection of facts , specimens , draw ings , and books ...
... Society , measures ought to be adopted to form a cabinet of Zoology . Some of the leading objects are comprehended in the fol- lowing summary ; from which it will appear , that the collection of facts , specimens , draw ings , and books ...
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Page 10 - At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Page 296 - No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 296 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 296 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Page 296 - Oh ! when a Mother meets on high The Babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight...
Page 349 - Nor look'd upon the earth with human eyes ; The thirst of their ambition was not mine, The aim of their existence was not mine ; My joys, my griefs, my passions, and my powers, Made me a stranger ; though I wore the form, I had no sympathy with breathing flesh, Nor midst the creatures of clay that girded me Was there but one who but of her anon.
Page 9 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 296 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 349 - Or to look, list'ning, on the scattered leaves, While Autumn winds were at their evening song. These were my pastimes, and to be alone ; For if the beings, of whom I was one, — Hating to be so, — cross'd me in my path, I felt myself degraded back to them, And was all clay again.
Page 422 - I stoop not to despair; For I have battled with mine agony, And made me wings wherewith to overfly The narrow circus of my dungeon wall...