The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 3T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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Page 272 - And hence the charm historic scenes impart : Hence Tiber awes, and Avon melts the heart. Aerial forms in Tempe's classic vale Glance through the gloom and whisper in the gale ; In wild Vaucluse with love and Laura dwell, And watch and weep in Eloisa's cell.
Page 272 - Hope could grant no more, And chains and torture hailed him to the shore. And hence the charm historic scenes impart ; Hence Tiber awes, and Avon melts the heart. Aerial forms in Tempe's classic vale Glance thro...
Page 30 - Did Fancy mock your vows. Nor let the gleam Of youthful hope that shines upon your hearts, Be chill'd or clouded at this awful task, To learn the lore of undeceitful Good, And Truth eternal.
Page 149 - What I have now explained, concerning the use and effects of figures, naturally leads us to reflect on the wonderful power of language; and, indeed, we cannot reflect on it without the highest admiration. What a fine vehicle is it now become for all the conceptions...
Page 281 - as this is finely suited to the sublime " but gloomy genius of Dante, as are the " rich and glowing landscapes we have " left to the airy and animated fancy of' " Ariosto." She then repeated some passages from the Inferno and the Orlando Furioso in proof of her assertion ; to which the chevalier delightedly assented, and repeated .. himself a few more equally appropriate quotations.
Page 46 - The thoughtless Student's most delusive snare; A subtle vice, that saps by slow degrees, The pencil's frenzy, and the art's disease; be met with in society, who see with their own eyes, and hear with their own ears. Untutored in the awe of authority, a name had no influence upon him when opposed to an argument. He was no venerator of time, nor respecter of prejudice : he was an original thinker, whose mind rushed fearlessly forward in search of truth, wherever it seemed likely to be found ; and if...
Page 306 - When the soul is steel'd By meditation to encounter sorrow, The foe of man shifts his artillery, And drowns in luxury and careless softness The breast he could not storm. Canst thou bear wealth, And pleasure's melting couch? Thou hast known virtue But at a scanty board. She has awak'd thee To chilling vapours in the midnight vault, And beckon'd thee to hardships, tears, and penance. Wilt thou acknowledge the divine instructress, When syren pleasures lap thee in delights ? ADELIZA If such the witchery...
Page 255 - Animated by applause, stimulated by success, her genius seemed almost to rise above itself: the happiest, the most original poetic flights soon obtained her a distinguished rank among the first improvisatori of fashion.
Page 278 - Pensively would I wander to the *' convent of St. Dominick in Ferrara to " pour the oblation of a tear on the tomb " of Ariosto, and, ere its trace was yet ef...
Page 218 - ... for to speak of those we love is the magic art to win the soul's delighted attention, even when the judgment and the taste refuse their sanction.