Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit of the Times, Men, and Revolutions, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1836 - English literature |
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... bard of Satan disporting among the sweet numbers of Petrarch . Canto , dal mio buon popol non inteso ; E'l bel Tamigi cangio con bel Arno . Amor lo volse . Seppi ch ' amor cosa mai volse indarno . While thus I essay Thy praise in verse ...
... bard of Satan disporting among the sweet numbers of Petrarch . Canto , dal mio buon popol non inteso ; E'l bel Tamigi cangio con bel Arno . Amor lo volse . Seppi ch ' amor cosa mai volse indarno . While thus I essay Thy praise in verse ...
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... bard of the innocent joys of Eden did not obtain the favour which he here implored . He had no friend , no defender of his fame , but posterity . The poet entreats Manso not to dis- dain an hyperborean Muse , gracefully adding , Nos ...
... bard of the innocent joys of Eden did not obtain the favour which he here implored . He had no friend , no defender of his fame , but posterity . The poet entreats Manso not to dis- dain an hyperborean Muse , gracefully adding , Nos ...
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... bard who sang the deeds of Satan , the republican apologist of the death of Charles I. , the enemy of kings and of Catholics , who acquainted the absolute monarch , the author of the revoca- tion of the edict of Nantes , with the death ...
... bard who sang the deeds of Satan , the republican apologist of the death of Charles I. , the enemy of kings and of Catholics , who acquainted the absolute monarch , the author of the revoca- tion of the edict of Nantes , with the death ...
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... been done in a very brief way ; not in a long recital , like that of Raphael . In the tragedy , Heavenly Love and the Evening Star sing the nuptial song ; in the poem , the bard himself does so . One may 94 PARADISE LOST .
... been done in a very brief way ; not in a long recital , like that of Raphael . In the tragedy , Heavenly Love and the Evening Star sing the nuptial song ; in the poem , the bard himself does so . One may 94 PARADISE LOST .
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... bard himself does so . One may regret the song of the Star , and imagine its beauty . But Milton could do nothing without evincing genius . Witness this remarkable point thrown into a simple note . The angel presents to Adam after his ...
... bard himself does so . One may regret the song of the Star , and imagine its beauty . But Milton could do nothing without evincing genius . Witness this remarkable point thrown into a simple note . The angel presents to Adam after his ...
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Page 129 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Page 19 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home, and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
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Page 148 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who, through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd...
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Page 5 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 152 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 153 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 126 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men...
Page 101 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few-. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.