Stories in VerseG. Routledge & Company, 1855 - 356 sider The final section (pp. [294]-356) consist of Leigh Hunt's translations of classical poetry chiefly from Greek and Latin. |
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Side 19
... sound on the last syllable of pedigree gives to the word bold , in the line ensuing : " Of whatsoe'er descent their gòdhead be , Stòck , stone , or other hòmely pedigree , In his defence his servants are as bòld , As if he had been bòrn ...
... sound on the last syllable of pedigree gives to the word bold , in the line ensuing : " Of whatsoe'er descent their gòdhead be , Stòck , stone , or other hòmely pedigree , In his defence his servants are as bòld , As if he had been bòrn ...
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... sound feeling implies ; and though , with the prevailing grave tendency of the English muse , some portions of these poetical re- quisites came more into play than others , and none of our poets , either since or before , have combined ...
... sound feeling implies ; and though , with the prevailing grave tendency of the English muse , some portions of these poetical re- quisites came more into play than others , and none of our poets , either since or before , have combined ...
Side 30
... sound , ) would have found in them a verse ready made to his hand— " Those poorě noble wounded and sick men . " The passage is in fact just like one of his own verses , sensitive , earnest , strong , simple , full of truth , full of ...
... sound , ) would have found in them a verse ready made to his hand— " Those poorě noble wounded and sick men . " The passage is in fact just like one of his own verses , sensitive , earnest , strong , simple , full of truth , full of ...
Side 40
... sound Was dumb - a rising earthquake rock'd the ground : With deeper brown the grove was overspread , A sudden horror seized his giddy head , And his ears tinkled , and his colour fled . " Of the sense of power : - Theodore and Honoria ...
... sound Was dumb - a rising earthquake rock'd the ground : With deeper brown the grove was overspread , A sudden horror seized his giddy head , And his ears tinkled , and his colour fled . " Of the sense of power : - Theodore and Honoria ...
Side 43
... the point of the verse where the sound of it is strongest and most analogous . It is the action itself . Pope's is that of an officer on parade . I confess I like the very bracket that marks out A STUDY IN VERSIFICATION . 43.
... the point of the verse where the sound of it is strongest and most analogous . It is the action itself . Pope's is that of an officer on parade . I confess I like the very bracket that marks out A STUDY IN VERSIFICATION . 43.
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Alcmena Amphitryon beauty bold breath bride brother Cambus Charlemagne Chaucer cried dear death dreadful Dryden eyes face fair fancy fat friar Fawdon feast feel felt gentle Giovanni grace green half hall hand Harrison Weir hath head hear heard heart HERO AND LEANDER horse Kilspindie king King Ban kiss'd lady leap'd light look look'd lord lov'd lovers lute Medoro morning never night noble noble Khan o'er once Orlando Innamorato palfrey goes pass'd Paulo poem poet poetry poor pride prince quoth Ravenna rhyme ride Rimini Robin Robin Hood rose round seem'd shade sigh Sir Grey Sir Guy sleep smile sorrow soul speak spoke squire steed stood story sweet sword tears thee thing thou thought took touch'd tow'rds trees trumpets turn turn'd twas twixt verse vex'd voice wept wonder word wound young youth
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Side 225 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one ?" said Abou. " Nay, not so,
Side 225 - Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord !
Side 40 - Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our strength. Firm Doric pillars found your solid base, The fair Corinthian crowns the higher space; Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
Side 48 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Side 52 - Eternal HOPE ! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have...
Side 270 - Or call up him that left half told « The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass; And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Side 39 - Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The day already half his race had run, > And summon'd him to due repast at noon, >But love could feel no hunger but his own.
Side 167 - The man went in. There was a cry, and hark . A table falls, the window is struck dark : Forth rush the breathless women ; and behind ' With curses comes the fiend in desperate mind. In vain : the sabres soon cut short the strife, And chop the shrieking wretch, and drink his bloody life. " Now light the light,
Side 328 - Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican, with all his northern powers, Besieged Albracca, as romances tell, The city...