Lyrical Ballads,: With Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Issue 356, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, By R. Taylor and Company, 1805 - 248 pages |
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... metre seem to lay claim to by prescription . I have wished to keep my Reader in the company of flesh and blood , persuaded that by so doing I ' shall interest him . I am , however , well aware that others who pursue a different track ...
... metre seem to lay claim to by prescription . I have wished to keep my Reader in the company of flesh and blood , persuaded that by so doing I ' shall interest him . I am , however , well aware that others who pursue a different track ...
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... metre , does not differ from that of prose , there is a numerous class of critics , who , when they stumble upon these prosaisms , as they call them , imagine that they have made a notable discovery , and exult over the Poet as over a ...
... metre , does not differ from that of prose , there is a numerous class of critics , who , when they stumble upon these prosaisms , as they call them , imagine that they have made a notable discovery , and exult over the Poet as over a ...
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... metre , in no respect differ from that of good prose , but likewise that some of the most in- teresting parts of the best poems will be found to be strictly the language of prose , when prose is well written . The truth of this ...
... metre , in no respect differ from that of good prose , but likewise that some of the most in- teresting parts of the best poems will be found to be strictly the language of prose , when prose is well written . The truth of this ...
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... Metre ; nor is this , in truth , a strict antithesis ; because lines and passages of metre so natu- rally occur in writing prose , that it would be scarcely pos- sible to avoid them , even were it desirable . affinity of metrical ...
... Metre ; nor is this , in truth , a strict antithesis ; because lines and passages of metre so natu- rally occur in writing prose , that it would be scarcely pos- sible to avoid them , even were it desirable . affinity of metrical ...
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... metre be superadded thereto , I believe that a dissimilitude will be produced altogether sufficient for the gratifica- tion of a rational mind . What other distinction would we have ? Whence is it to come ? And where is it to exist ...
... metre be superadded thereto , I believe that a dissimilitude will be produced altogether sufficient for the gratifica- tion of a rational mind . What other distinction would we have ? Whence is it to come ? And where is it to exist ...
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Page 147 - 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, For he heard the loud bassoon.
Page 154 - Nor any drop to drink. 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 198 - Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 171 - Under the keel nine fathom deep, From the land of mist and snow, The spirit slid ; a'nd it was he That made the ship to go.
Page 168 - They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise. The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze...
Page 179 - Christ! what saw I there! Each corse lay flat, lifeless, and flat, And, by the holy rood! A man all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light; This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart — No voice; but oh!
Page 170 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 171 - gan stir, With a short uneasy motion Backwards and forwards half her length With a short uneasy motion. Then, like a pawing horse let go, She made a sudden bound: It flung the blood into my head, And I fell down in a swound.
Page xv - For a multitude of causes, unknown to former times, are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence...
Page 54 - And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side.