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... dignity . A Yeman hadde he , * And he was cladde in cote and hode of grene ; A shefe of peacock arwes bright and kene Under his belt he bare ful thriftily : Wel coude he dresse his takel yemanly : His arwes drouped not with fetheres ...
... dignity . A Yeman hadde he , * And he was cladde in cote and hode of grene ; A shefe of peacock arwes bright and kene Under his belt he bare ful thriftily : Wel coude he dresse his takel yemanly : His arwes drouped not with fetheres ...
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... dignity and spirit in Daniel that must always rescue his works from neglect , and a purity and happiness of language superior to many of his contemporaries . His Muso- philus , or defence of Learning , is eloquent and judicious , and ...
... dignity and spirit in Daniel that must always rescue his works from neglect , and a purity and happiness of language superior to many of his contemporaries . His Muso- philus , or defence of Learning , is eloquent and judicious , and ...
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... dignity , a facility of rhyme , a manliness of thought , and a turn of mind running into epigram . His epigram on the union of the English and Scottish crowns is a specimen of the highest order of that species of composition : When was ...
... dignity , a facility of rhyme , a manliness of thought , and a turn of mind running into epigram . His epigram on the union of the English and Scottish crowns is a specimen of the highest order of that species of composition : When was ...
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... GILES FLETCHER and CRASHAW devoted their muses to sacred subjects , and were almost the first who led the way to that tone and majesty , that dignity of truth with which religious poetry is capable of being inspired . But 46.
... GILES FLETCHER and CRASHAW devoted their muses to sacred subjects , and were almost the first who led the way to that tone and majesty , that dignity of truth with which religious poetry is capable of being inspired . But 46.
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... dignity of Milton's conception did not chill his feelings of natural tenderness , but we see in his works the warm and susceptible spirit searching for poetry in the commonest objects and affections of nature , as well as in her ...
... dignity of Milton's conception did not chill his feelings of natural tenderness , but we see in his works the warm and susceptible spirit searching for poetry in the commonest objects and affections of nature , as well as in her ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Æneid affections allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence ENGLISH POETRY eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stanza stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal
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Página 38 - Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue, Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew: Nor did...
Página 71 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they oerflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By...
Página 99 - Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades.
Página 101 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon. When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 77 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 39 - They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you ; you pattern of all those. Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away, As with your shadow I with these did play : XCIX.
Página 103 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Página 77 - Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay. Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like profuse kings, resumes the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes...
Página 101 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
Página 103 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.