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... poets of the present day , to a sense of the necessity of his disappearance from the observation of the Guardian of school discipline . A propen- sity for dramatic representation was formerly a striking feature in his character . He had ...
... poets of the present day , to a sense of the necessity of his disappearance from the observation of the Guardian of school discipline . A propen- sity for dramatic representation was formerly a striking feature in his character . He had ...
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... Poet's Walk , with his arms folded , to commune with solitude , to watch the fleecy clouds as they past over the glimmering moon , and , I was going to add , to me- ditate on some ideal beauty . But no ! Gerard was not a shadow hunter ...
... Poet's Walk , with his arms folded , to commune with solitude , to watch the fleecy clouds as they past over the glimmering moon , and , I was going to add , to me- ditate on some ideal beauty . But no ! Gerard was not a shadow hunter ...
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... poet , the philosopher , and the divine ; while occasionally I shall give you the pedigree of a hunter from the pen of Robert Musgrave , or a receipt of an inimitable soup from the scrap - book of William Rowley . In short , you will ...
... poet , the philosopher , and the divine ; while occasionally I shall give you the pedigree of a hunter from the pen of Robert Musgrave , or a receipt of an inimitable soup from the scrap - book of William Rowley . In short , you will ...
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... is a man of business , and Charles is a poet . The contrast between their tempers is frequently the theme of conversation at the social meetings of the neighbourhood ; and it is always found 28 [ No. 1 . Rhyme and Reason . Rhyme and Reason.
... is a man of business , and Charles is a poet . The contrast between their tempers is frequently the theme of conversation at the social meetings of the neighbourhood ; and it is always found 28 [ No. 1 . Rhyme and Reason . Rhyme and Reason.
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... poet ; " A poor team , though , " said his brother . Our attention was next excited by a level meadow , whose green hue , set off by the mixture of the white fleeces of a beau- tiful flock of sheep , was , to the observer of nature , a ...
... poet ; " A poor team , though , " said his brother . Our attention was next excited by a level meadow , whose green hue , set off by the mixture of the white fleeces of a beau- tiful flock of sheep , was , to the observer of nature , a ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquaintance admiration amusement appearance Asyndeton Badoura Bathos beautiful beneath Blanc boys bright character cheek cricket dark dear delight dream Edward Overton Eton Eton College Etonian eyes fair fancy father favour favourite fear feel gaze gentle gentleman Gerard Gerard Montgomery give Godiva Golightly hand happy hath head hear heard heart honour hope hour imagination King of Clubs Lady laugh light look Lord Lord Byron Lord Ruthven lov'd Lozell manner marriage meet mind Montgomery Nesbit never night Number o'er Oakley observed opinion passion Peregrine Courtenay pleasure Poem Poet Poetry present Quadrille racter Rashleigh readers RICHARD HODGSON Robigo scene schoolfellows silent sleep smile song Sonnet sorrow soul spirit Sterling sure sweet talents Tancred tears tell thee thine thing thou thought tion turned voice wish wonder words young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 102 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Página 222 - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul; While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Página 313 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. "Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Página 222 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Página 313 - twas like all instruments. Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song That makes the heavens be mute. 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.
Página 225 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him 50 Is in its infancy.
Página 313 - O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware.
Página 285 - There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away, When the glow of early thought declines in feeling's dull decay : 'Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.
Página 182 - Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base.
Página 101 - Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me : thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.