The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1Houlston and Stonemen, 1865 |
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... poet of human duty ? When will the poetry of the passions give place to the poetry of holy aspiration and endeavour ? Are all the songs of our sweetest singers to be " voices of the night " of sin , frailty , selfishness , and sorrow ...
... poet of human duty ? When will the poetry of the passions give place to the poetry of holy aspiration and endeavour ? Are all the songs of our sweetest singers to be " voices of the night " of sin , frailty , selfishness , and sorrow ...
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... poetry ought to be the expositor and interpreter . Poetry ought to be a ministry of upward urging , an agency for pressing on the progress of mankind from one stage of civilization to another . Those who believe with us that the noblest ...
... poetry ought to be the expositor and interpreter . Poetry ought to be a ministry of upward urging , an agency for pressing on the progress of mankind from one stage of civilization to another . Those who believe with us that the noblest ...
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... poetry of heaven , any literature which is as free from admixture of profane passion or evil suggestion . " Enoch Arden " is a worthy fruit of the same pure mind who gave us " In Memoriam " to lighten up death , and who has illustrated ...
... poetry of heaven , any literature which is as free from admixture of profane passion or evil suggestion . " Enoch Arden " is a worthy fruit of the same pure mind who gave us " In Memoriam " to lighten up death , and who has illustrated ...
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... poet and the metaphysician were combined ; and his powers of conversation were such as are seldom given to men who are much in the habit of reflection . This was a rare versatility , which was all the more wonderful because the ...
... poet and the metaphysician were combined ; and his powers of conversation were such as are seldom given to men who are much in the habit of reflection . This was a rare versatility , which was all the more wonderful because the ...
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... poet . Mr. Coleridge having accepted the invitation , great delight was anticipated by all the parties concerned . On the evening appointed the guests were all assembled , but although they waited a considerable time past the hour fixed ...
... poet . Mr. Coleridge having accepted the invitation , great delight was anticipated by all the parties concerned . On the evening appointed the guests were all assembled , but although they waited a considerable time past the hour fixed ...
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Página 47 - Are those her ribs through which the Sun Did peer, as through a grate? And is that Woman all her crew? Is that a DEATH? and are there two? Is DEATH that woman's mate?
Página 328 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Página 418 - Youth is not rich in time, it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth, ask death-beds ; they can tell.
Página 48 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Página 232 - is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external coexistences and sequences.
Página 87 - Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so, That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Página 152 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound...
Página 230 - He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Página 46 - 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 405 - Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in .which it is bestowed ; your Lordship's kindness includes every circumstance that can gratify delicacy, or enforce obligation. You have conferred your favours on a man who has neither alliance nor interest, who has not merited them by services, nor courted them by officiousness ; you have spared him the shame of solicitation, and the anxiety of suspense.