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... poet's own day and generation , the reign of Henry the Eighth - the other , a very brief one on Tragic Poetry , in 1842. The first course was prepared for the smaller class of the College Chapel ; and the second , which was by ...
... poet's own day and generation , the reign of Henry the Eighth - the other , a very brief one on Tragic Poetry , in 1842. The first course was prepared for the smaller class of the College Chapel ; and the second , which was by ...
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... Poets , which I yet hope to give to the public , I have quoted it in some measure to account for slight inaccuracies — the fruit of haste , and also as a revelation of the earnest and thoughtful spirit that influenced him throughout ...
... Poets , which I yet hope to give to the public , I have quoted it in some measure to account for slight inaccuracies — the fruit of haste , and also as a revelation of the earnest and thoughtful spirit that influenced him throughout ...
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... poetic view of his character - The Danes - Canute the Great - Ballads - Edward the Confessor- Touching for the " king's evil " -Reference in Macbeth - The palace and the tombs of English kings ........... 78 LECTURE IV . THE REIGN OF ...
... poetic view of his character - The Danes - Canute the Great - Ballads - Edward the Confessor- Touching for the " king's evil " -Reference in Macbeth - The palace and the tombs of English kings ........... 78 LECTURE IV . THE REIGN OF ...
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... poet may be , at the same time , a great historian . + Before going further with the subject of my lecture , let me take ... poetic or dramatic form is better than any other form of history , or , indeed , to make any kind of comparison ...
... poet may be , at the same time , a great historian . + Before going further with the subject of my lecture , let me take ... poetic or dramatic form is better than any other form of history , or , indeed , to make any kind of comparison ...
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... poetic element which is found , not only in the souls of mighty artists , whether their art be poetry , or painting ... poet or be he painter , has touched any historic character or event , forthwith it acquires a lifelike reality ...
... poetic element which is found , not only in the souls of mighty artists , whether their art be poetry , or painting ... poet or be he painter , has touched any historic character or event , forthwith it acquires a lifelike reality ...
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Page 304 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie, His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 456 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Page 389 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 140 - And, father Cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven; If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 306 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, 40 thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 460 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster.
Page 326 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 141 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 333 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee: Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Page 176 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...