Faust: A Dramatic Poem, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1856 - 322 pages |
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Page 13
... beautiful amplification of two ; " Die alten Fabelwesen , sind nicht mehr , Das reizende Geschlecht ist ausgewandert . " Literally , " The old fable - existences are no more , The fascinating race has emigrated . " With regard to the ...
... beautiful amplification of two ; " Die alten Fabelwesen , sind nicht mehr , Das reizende Geschlecht ist ausgewandert . " Literally , " The old fable - existences are no more , The fascinating race has emigrated . " With regard to the ...
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... beautiful expressions in poetry ( such expres- sions as Dante is celebrated for ) are often in direct defiance of all rule and authority , and afford ample scope for cavilling . Is the translator to dilute or filter them , for fear of ...
... beautiful expressions in poetry ( such expres- sions as Dante is celebrated for ) are often in direct defiance of all rule and authority , and afford ample scope for cavilling . Is the translator to dilute or filter them , for fear of ...
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... beautiful in any language capable of containing them , be it as unmusical and harsh as it would , " As sunshine broken on a rill , Though turned astray , is sunshine still . " Still less am I saying that such a translation would be the ...
... beautiful in any language capable of containing them , be it as unmusical and harsh as it would , " As sunshine broken on a rill , Though turned astray , is sunshine still . " Still less am I saying that such a translation would be the ...
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... beautiful- " Meine Ruh ' ist hin " —to be utterly un- translatable . Indeed , it is only by a lucky chance that a suc- cession of simple heartfelt expressions or idiomatic felicities in one language , are ever capable of exact ...
... beautiful- " Meine Ruh ' ist hin " —to be utterly un- translatable . Indeed , it is only by a lucky chance that a suc- cession of simple heartfelt expressions or idiomatic felicities in one language , are ever capable of exact ...
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... beautiful in the most beautiful creations of genius , and an almost infallible criterion of propriety . But it is also with pride and pleasure that I offer my best acknowledgments for very valuable aid to - Mrs. John Austin , the ...
... beautiful in the most beautiful creations of genius , and an almost infallible criterion of propriety . But it is also with pride and pleasure that I offer my best acknowledgments for very valuable aid to - Mrs. John Austin , the ...
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Page 280 - Her lips were red, her looks were free, Her locks were yellow as gold : Her skin was as white as leprosy, The Night-mare Life-in-Death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. The naked hulk alongside came, And the twain were casting dice; 'The game is done! I've won, I've won!
Page 13 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain, Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Page 242 - What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light...
Page 227 - If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us. Why, then, belike we must sin, and so consequently die. Ay, we must die an everlasting death. What doctrine call you this, Che sera sera, What will be, shall be?
Page 234 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 234 - And what if all of animated nature Be but organic harps diversely framed, That tremble into thought, as o'er them sweeps Plastic and vast, one intellectual breeze, At once the Soul of each, and God of all?
Page 276 - Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish...
Page 267 - O surer than suspicion's hundred eyes Is that fine sense, which to the pure in heart, By mere oppugnancy of their own goodness, Reveals the approach of evil.
Page 243 - The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Page 221 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so, And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow ; And, with your ninefold harmony, Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.