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Page 205
... deep as death ! And the boldest held his breath For a time . p . 109 . The description of the battle itself ( though it begins with a tremendous line ) is in the same spirit of homely sublimity ; and worth a thousand stanzas of thunder ...
... deep as death ! And the boldest held his breath For a time . p . 109 . The description of the battle itself ( though it begins with a tremendous line ) is in the same spirit of homely sublimity ; and worth a thousand stanzas of thunder ...
Page 518
... Deep , deep ! where never care or pain Shall reach her innocent heart again ! pp . 283-4 . This sad story is closed by a sort of choral dirge , of great elegance and beauty , of which we can only afford to give the first stanza ...
... Deep , deep ! where never care or pain Shall reach her innocent heart again ! pp . 283-4 . This sad story is closed by a sort of choral dirge , of great elegance and beauty , of which we can only afford to give the first stanza ...
Page 580
... deep moral and pathetic impression . But it is in truth nearly as conspicuous in the greater part of her pro- ductions ; where we scarcely meet with any striking sentiment that is not ushered in by some such symphony of external nature ...
... deep moral and pathetic impression . But it is in truth nearly as conspicuous in the greater part of her pro- ductions ; where we scarcely meet with any striking sentiment that is not ushered in by some such symphony of external nature ...
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admiration Adosinda appear beauty Ben Jonson breast breath bright character Crabbe death delight delineation diction E. K. CHAMBERS earth effect emotions enchanting English English poetry exquisite extracts eyes fair fancy father feeling G. A. AITKEN genius GEORGE CRABBE give Goth grace hand hath heart heaven honour human humble images imagination interest lady less light living Loch Katrine lofty look look'd Lord Byron lov'd lover Macbeth merit mind misanthropy moral mountain Myrrha nature never o'er object once original pain passages passion pathos peculiar Pelayo perhaps picture piece poem poet poetical poetry readers Roderick Rylstone Sard scarcely scene seem'd seems sentiments Shakspeare Siverian smile song soul specimen spirit story style sweet sympathy taste tears tender thee Theodric things thou thought tion tone truth Twas verses voice volume whole wild WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Wordsworth write youth