British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of England and America, with Biographical Sketches and an Historical Outline of English Literature. Poetry and ProseGeorge Westermann, 1885 |
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... fair Geraldine , as Petrarch had made Laura famous throughout the world . Who Geraldine was , has never been clearly ascertained , but as , according to the poet , fostered she was with milk of Irish breast , ' it has been conjectured ...
... fair Geraldine , as Petrarch had made Laura famous throughout the world . Who Geraldine was , has never been clearly ascertained , but as , according to the poet , fostered she was with milk of Irish breast , ' it has been conjectured ...
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... fair . Of Young's dramatic pieces , the best is the Revenge . The story is borrowed from Othello , but the details differ a good deal . Leonora , when suspected by her husband , stabs herself ; Zanga is not so base a char- acter as Iago ...
... fair . Of Young's dramatic pieces , the best is the Revenge . The story is borrowed from Othello , but the details differ a good deal . Leonora , when suspected by her husband , stabs herself ; Zanga is not so base a char- acter as Iago ...
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... fair , with his purchase of the silver - rimmed spectacles , have furnished several generations with mirth . In the Bee , the Citizen of the World , however , he frequently introduces short moral tales . The latter appeared originally ...
... fair , with his purchase of the silver - rimmed spectacles , have furnished several generations with mirth . In the Bee , the Citizen of the World , however , he frequently introduces short moral tales . The latter appeared originally ...
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... Fair . Of his native kindliness of disposition we have a remarkable illustration in the lines to the field - mouse , whose nest he had accidentally turned up in ploughing . He styles himself the little alarmed creature's -poor earth ...
... Fair . Of his native kindliness of disposition we have a remarkable illustration in the lines to the field - mouse , whose nest he had accidentally turned up in ploughing . He styles himself the little alarmed creature's -poor earth ...
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... fair Margaret of Branksome , are a sort of Border Romeo and Juliet , for they belong to two hostile houses ; but , more fortunate than Shake- speare's lovers , they are at last happily wedded , in spite of the ill - will of the lady's ...
... fair Margaret of Branksome , are a sort of Border Romeo and Juliet , for they belong to two hostile houses ; but , more fortunate than Shake- speare's lovers , they are at last happily wedded , in spite of the ill - will of the lady's ...
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Page 273 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 600 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 381 - All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As, when night is bare, From one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and Heaven is overflowed.
Page 273 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, 'Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Page 277 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, /And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, , And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain...
Page 54 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 54 - Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! — Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause, till it come back to me.
Page 380 - And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock/beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 411 - Awake, my soul ! not only passive praise Thou owest ! not alone these swelling tears, Mute thanks and secret ecstasy ! Awake, Voice of sweet song ! Awake, my Heart, awake ! Green vales and icy cliffs, all join my Hymn.
Page 600 - Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air — Comes a still voice...