A Study of the Night in the Poetry of Byron, Keats, and ShelleyUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1897 - 226 páginas |
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... light That best becomes an Eastern night . 1 Once he speaks of a night which was " clear though cold . " Sleeplessness is referred to in " Nights inexorable to sweet sleep " , and " Shall night deny all the quiet of her sky ? " And once ...
... light That best becomes an Eastern night . 1 Once he speaks of a night which was " clear though cold . " Sleeplessness is referred to in " Nights inexorable to sweet sleep " , and " Shall night deny all the quiet of her sky ? " And once ...
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... light , Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation , and filled up , As ' twere anew , the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so , And making that which was not , till the place Became religion ...
... light , Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation , and filled up , As ' twere anew , the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so , And making that which was not , till the place Became religion ...
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... lights that live along the sky . All was so still , so soft in earth and air , You scarce would start to meet a spirit there ; Secure that naught of evil could delight To walk in such a scene , on such a night ! One more description of ...
... lights that live along the sky . All was so still , so soft in earth and air , You scarce would start to meet a spirit there ; Secure that naught of evil could delight To walk in such a scene , on such a night ! One more description of ...
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... light , Which showed all things , but nothing as they were . Around me are the stars and waters-- Worlds mirrored in the ocean , goodlier sight Than torches glared back by a gaudy glass ; And the great element , which is to space What ...
... light , Which showed all things , but nothing as they were . Around me are the stars and waters-- Worlds mirrored in the ocean , goodlier sight Than torches glared back by a gaudy glass ; And the great element , which is to space What ...
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... light , So wildly , spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turned to earth without repining , Nor wished for wings to flee away , And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Siege of Corinth ...
... light , So wildly , spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turned to earth without repining , Nor wished for wings to flee away , And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Siege of Corinth ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Alastor azure beam beans beauty blue breath bright Byron calm Canto iii.stanza Canto v.stanza Childe Harold clouds cold connection Cynthia darkness deep night description of night Dian's Don Juan dreams dusky earth Endymion eternal eyes fair figure gaze gleam gloom hath heaven horn hues Hyperion Ibid imaginative light lingering longer passages Marino Faliero Mazeppa midnight mist moon's moonbeams moonless moonlight moonshine morn mountains mysterious night scenes o'er ocean Once he speaks pallid peep poem poet Prometheus Unbound purple Queen Mab quote references repose revelry Revolt of Islam Rosalind and Helen says shades shadow Shelley's shine shone Siege of Corinth silent silent night silver skies sleep smile soft soul spirit splendor stanza starless night starry stars storm sunrise sunset sweet thee thine thou throne trembling twilight twinkle vault veil wander waning waters waters sleep waves wild winds wings
Passagens conhecidas
Página 102 - Sky, mountains, river, winds, lake, lightnings! Ye! With night, and clouds, and thunder, and a soul To make these felt and feeling, well may be Things that have made me watchful ; the far roll Of your departing voices, is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless, — if I rest. But where of ye, oh tempests ! is the goal ? Are ye like those within the human breast? Or do ye find, at length, like eagles, some high nest?
Página 101 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!
Página 99 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Página 70 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven: Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.
Página 63 - But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently pauses there; When the stars twinkle through the loops of time, And the low night-breeze waves along the air, The...
Página 9 - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learn'd the language of another world.
Página 81 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Página 70 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee! tender is the night...
Página 9 - And this is in the night : most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight — A portion of the tempest, and of thee ! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black — and now the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Página 20 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...