The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1860 - English poetry |
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Page xxv
... give a life and significance to their stories in verse , that invest them with a sympathetic atmosphere , and unity of feeling . There is little of this in Southey's narratives : they are more ingenious than glowing , more imaginative ...
... give a life and significance to their stories in verse , that invest them with a sympathetic atmosphere , and unity of feeling . There is little of this in Southey's narratives : they are more ingenious than glowing , more imaginative ...
Page xxxi
... . For pure narrative , where the object is to give the reader unalloyed facts , and leave his own reflection and fancy to shape and color them , no English author has surpassed Southey . He ap- pears to MEMOIR . xxxi.
... . For pure narrative , where the object is to give the reader unalloyed facts , and leave his own reflection and fancy to shape and color them , no English author has surpassed Southey . He ap- pears to MEMOIR . xxxi.
Page xxxii
... give them . " There is no doubt , in so doing , he consulted the Anglo - Saxon love of regulated and useful princi- ples , and hatred of extravagance , and was thus an admirable type of the modern English mind ; but such an ideal ...
... give them . " There is no doubt , in so doing , he consulted the Anglo - Saxon love of regulated and useful princi- ples , and hatred of extravagance , and was thus an admirable type of the modern English mind ; but such an ideal ...
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... gives what was then my own view of Joan of Arc's character and history , and expresses with overweening confidence the opinions which the writer entertained concern- ing those poets whom it was his ambition , not to imitate , but to ...
... gives what was then my own view of Joan of Arc's character and history , and expresses with overweening confidence the opinions which the writer entertained concern- ing those poets whom it was his ambition , not to imitate , but to ...
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... give to Fury The flaming firebrand ! These indeed shall live , The heroes of the wandering minstrel's song ; But they have their reward : the innocent blood Steams up to Heaven against them . God shall hear The widow's groan . " " I saw ...
... give to Fury The flaming firebrand ! These indeed shall live , The heroes of the wandering minstrel's song ; But they have their reward : the innocent blood Steams up to Heaven against them . God shall hear The widow's groan . " " I saw ...
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Agnes Alençon amid arbalist arms bade banner Bastard battle battle of Agincourt battle-axe beheld beneath besieged blood breast buckler Burgundy called cheek chief Chinon Conrade cried Damsel death dreadful Duke Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Dunois earth enemy England English esquires exclaimed falchion fear feel fell fierce fight fire France French gallant gate gazed groan hand happy hast hath hear heard heart Heaven Henry Holinshed holy honor hope host hour Joan Joan of Arc Joshua Barnes king live look Lord loud Maid of Orleans Maiden mangonels miserable Monstrelet night NOTE o'er passed peace petrary poem prayer prince qu'il replied Richemont ROBERT SOUTHEY round Salisbury says shield siege soon soul Southey Southey's spake spear spirit stood sword Talbot thee Theodore thou thought towers town trembling troops victory Vidame Virgin voice walls warrior wretched youth
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Page 230 - Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 285 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 275 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 21 - ... 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.
Page 320 - Caput apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head in hand bring I, With garlands gay and rosemary. I pray you, all sing merrily Qui estis in convivio.
Page 230 - Thou therefore gird up thy loins and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee. Be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Page xxvi - Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us.
Page 1 - Thus to collect and revise them is a duty which I owe to that part of the public by whom they have been auspiciously received, and to those who will take a lively concern in my good name when I shall have departed.
Page 227 - I am the sonne of the noble Duke of Orleaunce ; more 'glad to be his bastarde, with a meane livyng, than the lawful sonne of that coward cuckolde Cawny, with his four thousand crownes.
Page xxviii - ... necessarily connected with that of producing poetry. The former is really a gift of Heaven, which conduces inestimably to the happiness of those who enjoy it. The second has much more of a knack in it than the pride of poets is always willing to admit; and, at any rate, is only valuable when combined with the first.