Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon Talfourd: Author of "Ion."D. Appleton & Company, 1864 - 176 sider |
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... light of common day , " which mere vulgar experience in the course of the world diffuses . But , in truth , that radiance is not merely of the fancy , nor are its influences lost when it ceases immediately to shine on our path . It is ...
... light of common day , " which mere vulgar experience in the course of the world diffuses . But , in truth , that radiance is not merely of the fancy , nor are its influences lost when it ceases immediately to shine on our path . It is ...
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... light on earth ; so sub - encompassed by vice and infamy . Never can lime that they expand our imaginations beyond their former compass , yet so human that they make our hearts gush with delight ; he disco- Eers feelings in his own ...
... light on earth ; so sub - encompassed by vice and infamy . Never can lime that they expand our imaginations beyond their former compass , yet so human that they make our hearts gush with delight ; he disco- Eers feelings in his own ...
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... light of our inward eye more truly shows to us the secrets of the heart than the most elaborate process of reason . Riches , honours , power , are transitory - the things which appear , pass away - the shadows of life alone are stable ...
... light of our inward eye more truly shows to us the secrets of the heart than the most elaborate process of reason . Riches , honours , power , are transitory - the things which appear , pass away - the shadows of life alone are stable ...
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... light on all - illuminating ported from Germany , tended to give to our the vast hills of purple heath , the calm breast imagination an introspective cast , to perplex of the quiet water , and the rich masses of the it with metaphysical ...
... light on all - illuminating ported from Germany , tended to give to our the vast hills of purple heath , the calm breast imagination an introspective cast , to perplex of the quiet water , and the rich masses of the it with metaphysical ...
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... light and cheerful . The the walls seem to drop with blood , and " the Scottish novelist may , like the noblest histo- light tick of the clock thrills on his ear with rians , boast that he has given to his country such loud , painful ...
... light and cheerful . The the walls seem to drop with blood , and " the Scottish novelist may , like the noblest histo- light tick of the clock thrills on his ear with rians , boast that he has given to his country such loud , painful ...
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Side 155 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Side 55 - 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.
Side 56 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; » Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the storm Grace that shall mould the maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Side 55 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never...
Side 155 - Where joy for ever dwells ; hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place, or time.
Side 12 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, or any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Side 155 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost — the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome.
Side 56 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower; Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. "Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse : and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Side 56 - Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Side 154 - Of depth immeasurable; anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle, and instead of rage, Deliberate valour breathed, firm and unmoved With dread of death to flight or foul retreat...