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Page 12
... an- the moral worth of Shelley , without other great spirit of the age , his being
disposed to regard with feelcontemporary and his friend , this ings more of sorrow
than of anger , contempt for received opinions , at the occasional extravagances
...
... an- the moral worth of Shelley , without other great spirit of the age , his being
disposed to regard with feelcontemporary and his friend , this ings more of sorrow
than of anger , contempt for received opinions , at the occasional extravagances
...
Page 13
The real anour first arrival in Italy , although con guish of these moments
transcended all genial to his feelings , must frequently the fictions that the most
glowing ima . haye weighed upon his spirits ; those gination ever pourtrayed : our
...
The real anour first arrival in Italy , although con guish of these moments
transcended all genial to his feelings , must frequently the fictions that the most
glowing ima . haye weighed upon his spirits ; those gination ever pourtrayed : our
...
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As music and splendour The City's voice itself is soft , like SoliSurvive not the
lamp and the lute , tude's . The heart's echoes render I see the Deep's
untrampled floor No song when the spirit is mute :With green and purple
seaweeds strown ; No ...
As music and splendour The City's voice itself is soft , like SoliSurvive not the
lamp and the lute , tude's . The heart's echoes render I see the Deep's
untrampled floor No song when the spirit is mute :With green and purple
seaweeds strown ; No ...
Page 17
I love Love - though he has wings , 0 , Love ! who bewailest And like light can tlee
, But above all other things , The frailty of all things here , Spirit , I love thee Why
choose you the frailest Thou art love and life ! O come , For your cradle , your ...
I love Love - though he has wings , 0 , Love ! who bewailest And like light can tlee
, But above all other things , The frailty of all things here , Spirit , I love thee Why
choose you the frailest Thou art love and life ! O come , For your cradle , your ...
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... just When we found ourselves well re as " gloamin ' " displayed its finest
freshed , we set out on our journey shade , neither light nor dark , but again , my
lively companion much that dusky greyness so favourable to improved in spirits ...
... just When we found ourselves well re as " gloamin ' " displayed its finest
freshed , we set out on our journey shade , neither light nor dark , but again , my
lively companion much that dusky greyness so favourable to improved in spirits ...
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Page 80 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 266 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Page 313 - I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; — 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag.
Page 35 - One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confin'd to single parts.
Page 16 - WHEN the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead — When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed. When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot.
Page 16 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are ; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Page 266 - I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Page 17 - How shall ever one like me Win thee back again? With the joyous and the free Thou wilt scoff at pain. Spirit false! thou hast forgot All but those who need thee not. As a lizard with the shade Of a trembling leaf, Thou with sorrow art dismayed; Even the sighs of grief Reproach thee, that thou art not near, And reproach thou wilt not hear.
Page 266 - Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you ; do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins; do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.
Page 259 - Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do: because I go to the Father.