Memorials of a Tour on the Continent: To which are Added Miscellaneous PoemsW. Pickering, 1845 - 311 páginas |
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... bethink me of that barren waste ; And by the meditations thence conceived , Aimless , and objectless , compel the mind To fall on sweet oblivion . Lyons , October , 1843 . IN THE HOTEL AT AVIGNON . TO AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN PROSE AND VERSE .
... bethink me of that barren waste ; And by the meditations thence conceived , Aimless , and objectless , compel the mind To fall on sweet oblivion . Lyons , October , 1843 . IN THE HOTEL AT AVIGNON . TO AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN PROSE AND VERSE .
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... sweet intoxicating travel ? Which sets at nought the host of thoughts That world - encumbered minds beleaguer ; And in a moment to the van Of enterprise promotes the man , Adventurous , undaunted , eager ! And feelest thou not along the ...
... sweet intoxicating travel ? Which sets at nought the host of thoughts That world - encumbered minds beleaguer ; And in a moment to the van Of enterprise promotes the man , Adventurous , undaunted , eager ! And feelest thou not along the ...
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... sweet spot where earliest violets blow , Which you , I hope , will visit soon with me . But the sun sinks apace ; and in the east Mysteriously the snowy Apennines , With unimaginable tints of gray , Come out upon the sky emblazoned o'er ...
... sweet spot where earliest violets blow , Which you , I hope , will visit soon with me . But the sun sinks apace ; and in the east Mysteriously the snowy Apennines , With unimaginable tints of gray , Come out upon the sky emblazoned o'er ...
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... Sweet morning Hours , " the best of dark and bright ; " Light shapes , whose draperies stream upon the wind Their train creates , wind which they leave behind , Speeding amain from the ebon gates of night . On high , a boy attendant ...
... Sweet morning Hours , " the best of dark and bright ; " Light shapes , whose draperies stream upon the wind Their train creates , wind which they leave behind , Speeding amain from the ebon gates of night . On high , a boy attendant ...
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... solemn track Of thy foundations , and around , With a low mysterious sound , Nightly , daily , at thy feet Singing , " liberty is sweet . " Rome , February , 1844 . NISIDA . ADDRESSED TO * * LADY , they told PROSE AND VERSE . 43.
... solemn track Of thy foundations , and around , With a low mysterious sound , Nightly , daily , at thy feet Singing , " liberty is sweet . " Rome , February , 1844 . NISIDA . ADDRESSED TO * * LADY , they told PROSE AND VERSE . 43.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 175 - You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Página 127 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Página 175 - But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive...
Página 182 - ... che nella capitale; tutte queste doti vere ed uniche di quel fortunato e libero paese, mi rapirono...
Página 158 - ... if what has happened in the case of sculpture, had likewise happened in regard to their paintings, and we had the good fortune to possess what the ancients themselves esteemed their master-pieces, I have no doubt but we should find their figures as correctly drawn as the Laocoon, and probably...
Página 158 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance, and hath preserved you in the great danger...
Página 170 - ... virginis est verae facies, quam vivere credas et, si non obstet reverentia, velle moveri: ars adeo latet arte sua. miratur et haurit pectore Pygmalion simulati corporis ignes.
Página 182 - ... in queste tante diramazioni della pubblica felicità, provenienti dal miglior governo. Onde, benché io allora non ne studiassi profondamente la costituzione, madre di tanta prosperità, ne seppi però abbastanza osservare e valutare gli effetti divini.
Página 174 - Sir, the year growing ancient, — Not yet on summer's death, nor on the birth Of trembling winter, — the fairest flowers o...
Página 133 - ... scramble up to the base of a small column of ice, that communicated with a sort of platform, on which there was firm, though scanty standing room, and whence the bridge might be immediately reached. The ice column looked insecure ; and the more so, from the quantity of brilliantly white fresh-fallen snow that had lodged against it. Its firmness, however, was put to the proof by blows with an ice pole, and it was partially cleared of the fresh snow. Devouassoud then cautiously cut steps round...