 | William Beckford - 1834 - 414 sider
...of an interminable metrical romance of fairy land, and of an enchantment, the work perhaps of some Prevailing poet, whose undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung. But our habits and feelings and belief are different, and a transient, though vivid, impression is... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 sider
...inter- • minable metrical romance of fairy land, and of an enchantment, the work perhaps of some " Prevailing poet whose undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung." But our own habits and feelings and belief are different, and a transient, though vivid impression,... | |
 | William Beckford - 1836 - 416 sider
...of an interminable metrical roman'ce of fairy land, and of an enchantment, the work perhaps of some Prevailing poet, whose undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung. But our habits and feelings and belief are different, and a transient, though vivid, impression is... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 sider
...his credulity on such subjects, Collins has introduced the following elegant lines: " How have I aate while piped the pensive wind, To hear thy harp, by British Fairfax strung ; Prevailing poet, whose nndoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung!" Like Mr Throgmorton in the Warbois case,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 sider
...the wild blast upheaved the vanish'd sword ! How have I sat, when piped the pensive wind, To hear his harp by British Fairfax strung ! Prevailing poet !...undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung ! Hence, at each sound, imagination glows ! Hence, at each picture, vivid life starts here ! Hence... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 656 sider
...of an interminable metrical romance of fairy land, and of an enchantment, the work perhaps of some Prevailing poet, whose undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung. But our habits and feelings and belief are different, and a transient, though vivid, impression is... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sider
...dim and visionary objects, and the compliment he pays to Tasso, may be applied equally to himself — m of the place, And smoked in kitchens, or in auctions sold, To better features At this period, Collins seems to have contemplated a journey to Scotland — The time shall come when... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sider
...dim and visionary objects, and the compliment he pays to Tasso, may be applied equally to himself — even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep At this period, Collins seems to have contemplated a journey to Scotland — The time shall come when... | |
 | Torquato Tasso, Edward Fairfax - 1845 - 550 sider
...the Highlands. Speaking of Tasso he says, How have I sat, when piped the pensive wind, To hear his harp by British Fairfax strung, Prevailing poet !...undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung : And then he goes on in a strain of softness and luxury, that seem imitated from the countryman he... | |
 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 sider
...Highlands. Speaking of Tasso, he says — " How have I sat, when piped the pensive wind, To hear his harp by British Fairfax strung, Prevailing poet !...undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung." Waller, who appears to have known Italian, and Dryden, who undoubtedly did so, were both great admirers... | |
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How have I sat, when piped the pensive wind, To hear his harp by British Fairfax strung ! Prevailing poet ! whose undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung... 
