The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough: With a Selection from His Letters and a Memoir, Volume 1 |
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... writer . The editor desires gratefully to acknowledge the valuable assistance which she has received in making these selections and in arranging these volumes from Mr. J. A. Symonds , to whose taste and judgment any measure of success ...
... writer . The editor desires gratefully to acknowledge the valuable assistance which she has received in making these selections and in arranging these volumes from Mr. J. A. Symonds , to whose taste and judgment any measure of success ...
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... writing verses , not remarkable except for a certain ease of expression and for a power of running on , not common at that early age . The influence of Dr. Arnold on his character was powerful , and continued to increase . We find him ...
... writing verses , not remarkable except for a certain ease of expression and for a power of running on , not common at that early age . The influence of Dr. Arnold on his character was powerful , and continued to increase . We find him ...
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... writing powers of the cleverer boys , and to which he con- tributed constantly , chiefly poetry . For a considerable time he was also its editor . Besides this he took an active part in some of the school games , and his name is handed ...
... writing powers of the cleverer boys , and to which he con- tributed constantly , chiefly poetry . For a considerable time he was also its editor . Besides this he took an active part in some of the school games , and his name is handed ...
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... writing . ' In June 1842 occurred the death of Dr. Arnold , which was a severe shock as well as a great grief to Clough from its sudden- ness as well as from the intense reverence and affection he felt for him . ' He was for a long time ...
... writing . ' In June 1842 occurred the death of Dr. Arnold , which was a severe shock as well as a great grief to Clough from its sudden- ness as well as from the intense reverence and affection he felt for him . ' He was for a long time ...
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... writing asually , as many would have done ; for instance , we are told hat he would not contribute to any paper or review with whose eneral principles he did not agree . He was , therefore , con- trained to look out for some definite ...
... writing asually , as many would have done ; for instance , we are told hat he would not contribute to any paper or review with whose eneral principles he did not agree . He was , therefore , con- trained to look out for some definite ...
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Page 276 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 375 - And so she sings her fill, Singing most joyfully, Till the spindle drops from her hand, And the whizzing wheel stands still. She steals to the window, and looks at the sand, And over the sand at the sea; And her eyes are set in a stare...
Page 374 - The Forsaken Merman Come, dear children, let us away; Down and away below. Now my brothers call from the bay; Now the great winds shoreward blow; Now the salt tides seaward flow; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away. This way, this way. Call her once before you go. Call once yet. In a voice that she will know...
Page 320 - Still roll ; where all the aspects of misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man...
Page 392 - tis true I have gone here and there And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new.
Page 323 - Through busiest street and loneliest glen Are felt the flashes of his pen : He rules mid winter snows, and when Bees fill their hives : Deep in the general heart of men His power survives.
Page 16 - Perplext in faith, but pure in deeds, At last he beat his music out. There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Page 390 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 375 - On the blanch'd sands a gloom; Up the still, glistening beaches, Up the creeks we will hie, Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb-tide leaves dry. We will gaze, from the sand-hills, At the white, sleeping town; At the church on the hill-side — And then come back down. Singing: "There dwells a loved one, But cruel is she ! She left lonely for ever The kings of the sea.
Page 381 - The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.