Essays critical and imaginativeBlackwood, 1857 |
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... truth . But Burns would not thus in- dulge his fancy where he had felt - felt so poignantly , all the agonies and all the transports of life . He looked around him , and when he saw the smoke of the cottage rising up quietly and ...
... truth . But Burns would not thus in- dulge his fancy where he had felt - felt so poignantly , all the agonies and all the transports of life . He looked around him , and when he saw the smoke of the cottage rising up quietly and ...
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... truth . There is probably not a human being come to the years of understanding in all Scotland , who has not heard of the name of Robert Burns . It is , indeed , a household word . His poems are found lying in almost every cottage in ...
... truth . There is probably not a human being come to the years of understanding in all Scotland , who has not heard of the name of Robert Burns . It is , indeed , a household word . His poems are found lying in almost every cottage in ...
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... truth . " For nothing could be more re- tired , " says Gilbert , " than our general manner of living at Mount Oliphant ; we scarcely saw any but members of our own family . There were no boys of our own age , or near it , in the ...
... truth . " For nothing could be more re- tired , " says Gilbert , " than our general manner of living at Mount Oliphant ; we scarcely saw any but members of our own family . There were no boys of our own age , or near it , in the ...
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... truth is that Burns would have utterly despised most of what is now dignified with the name of poetry , where harmlessly enough " Pure description takes the place of sense ; " but far worse , where the agonising artist intensifies ...
... truth is that Burns would have utterly despised most of what is now dignified with the name of poetry , where harmlessly enough " Pure description takes the place of sense ; " but far worse , where the agonising artist intensifies ...
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... to do and do it not , may envy his contentment , and the religion that gladdens his release- " hoping the MORN in ease and rest to spend , " only to such as he , in truth , a Sabbath . " Remember 30 ESSAYS : CRITICAL AND IMAGINATIVE .
... to do and do it not , may envy his contentment , and the religion that gladdens his release- " hoping the MORN in ease and rest to spend , " only to such as he , in truth , a Sabbath . " Remember 30 ESSAYS : CRITICAL AND IMAGINATIVE .
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Allan Cunningham Ambleside auld ballad bard beautiful believe better breast breath Burns's called character charm Christabel clouds Coleridge Colonsay Cottar's Saturday Night dear death delight dream Dumfries earth Ellisland evil eyes face fair fancy fear feel felt frae gauger genius George Thomson Grasmere hand happy head hear heard heart heaven Hector Macneil honour hope hour human imagination inspired knew labour lady Lars Porsena lictors light living look Mauchline mind morning Mossgiel nature never noble o'er once passion perhaps pity poem poet poet's poetical poetry poor pride racter Robert Burns round Scotland Scottish seems Shanter Shuffler sing smile song soul spirit strong sweet tears tell tender thee things Thomson thou thought tion truth verse virtue voice walk whole Whyles wild wonder words Young Poets youth
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Page 299 - O Lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth— And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Page 297 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 341 - Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Page 336 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Page 335 - The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
Page 33 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart!
Page 337 - And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. "'With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Page 340 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. " About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white.
Page 342 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 340 - With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail ! a sail...