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... poet of our country has put so passionately and so touchingly into the lips of Shylock . " Hath not a Jew eyes ? hath not a Jew hands , organs , dimensions , senses , affections , passions ? fed with the same food , hurt with the same ...
... poet of our country has put so passionately and so touchingly into the lips of Shylock . " Hath not a Jew eyes ? hath not a Jew hands , organs , dimensions , senses , affections , passions ? fed with the same food , hurt with the same ...
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... poet come with that eye of his " glancing from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven , " and his imagination creates another class of truths ; the suggested meaning of it to him is the triumph of mind over matter ; the gradual ...
... poet come with that eye of his " glancing from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven , " and his imagination creates another class of truths ; the suggested meaning of it to him is the triumph of mind over matter ; the gradual ...
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... poets of that age thought to be the legitimate call and mission of the poet . Thus writes Pope : - " Poetry and criticism are by no means the universal concern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets ...
... poets of that age thought to be the legitimate call and mission of the poet . Thus writes Pope : - " Poetry and criticism are by no means the universal concern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets ...
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... poet could thus write of his art , working men and real men , who have no time for prettinesses , and have not the privilege of being " admitted into the best com- pany , " should be indifferent to Poetry , and that it should have come ...
... poet could thus write of his art , working men and real men , who have no time for prettinesses , and have not the privilege of being " admitted into the best com- pany , " should be indifferent to Poetry , and that it should have come ...
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Frederick William Robertson. another came . away , Wordsworth was the poet of the few ; the border minstrelsy of Scott exhausted itself even during his own life ; and when that long , passionate wail of Byronism had died -a phase of ...
Frederick William Robertson. another came . away , Wordsworth was the poet of the few ; the border minstrelsy of Scott exhausted itself even during his own life ; and when that long , passionate wail of Byronism had died -a phase of ...
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Page 236 - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 149 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 221 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Page 173 - Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.
Page 6 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 255 - It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood...
Page 153 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 168 - Pale Hecate's offerings : and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Page 210 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 188 - Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her; All that remains of her Now is pure womanly.