From Shakespeare to Pope: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England, Volume 1 |
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... Cleveland , the forerunner of Hudibras , had , per- haps , the hardest fate of all , for , although he was by no means a fanatical supporter of the King's extreme views , he left Cambridge for Oxford to wait upon Charles , helped to ...
... Cleveland , the forerunner of Hudibras , had , per- haps , the hardest fate of all , for , although he was by no means a fanatical supporter of the King's extreme views , he left Cambridge for Oxford to wait upon Charles , helped to ...
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... Cleveland , the younger Donne , and Jasper Mayne as the wicked anonymous quartet1 . Like most satiric fooling , much of the stinging wit has evaporated out of the rhymes ; they are tolerably flat now . But plainly they were cal- culated ...
... Cleveland , the younger Donne , and Jasper Mayne as the wicked anonymous quartet1 . Like most satiric fooling , much of the stinging wit has evaporated out of the rhymes ; they are tolerably flat now . But plainly they were cal- culated ...
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... Cleveland first and then by Wild , was one with which it is possible for a modern critic to sym- pathize . It was , in fact , an admirable notion born out of due time , and one which , if it could have been carried out , might have ...
... Cleveland first and then by Wild , was one with which it is possible for a modern critic to sym- pathize . It was , in fact , an admirable notion born out of due time , and one which , if it could have been carried out , might have ...
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... Cleveland's scarcely intelligible love - poems , the Senses Festival and the Fuscara1 . Having sown his poetical wild oats in this way , at Cambridge , where , we are told , his verses were voted too extravagant even at that sanctum and ...
... Cleveland's scarcely intelligible love - poems , the Senses Festival and the Fuscara1 . Having sown his poetical wild oats in this way , at Cambridge , where , we are told , his verses were voted too extravagant even at that sanctum and ...
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... Cleveland betrays a curious sense of his own failure as a poet ; he is on the borderland of distinction , but he never quite crosses it . He would fain have made his gift of real service to the State , as young fellows to this day ...
... Cleveland betrays a curious sense of his own failure as a poet ; he is on the borderland of distinction , but he never quite crosses it . He would fain have made his gift of real service to the State , as young fellows to this day ...
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Page 239 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home.
Page 69 - Go, LOVELY rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 215 - To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th...
Page 5 - Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length...
Page 104 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 173 - Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ; And when my muse soars with so strong a wing, 'Twill learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing.
Page 51 - Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently." "Then, Sir," said he, "I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money; for he offers it.
Page 299 - An Analysis of the Exposition of the Creed, written by the Right Rev. Father in God, JOHN PEARSON, DD, late Lord Bishop of Chester. Compiled for the use of the Students of Bishop's College, Calcutta, by WH MILL, DD late Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge.