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Page viii
... poetry , the fervour of its dithyrambic effusions , the bitter mockery of its satire , and the deep feeling of its lyric songs are as yet unequalled . Under the ablest sym- bols the various philosophical systems are introduced and their ...
... poetry , the fervour of its dithyrambic effusions , the bitter mockery of its satire , and the deep feeling of its lyric songs are as yet unequalled . Under the ablest sym- bols the various philosophical systems are introduced and their ...
Page ix
... poetry as we look on the productions of nature ; for , like them , poetry is but the outgrowth of climate , time , religion , nationality , civilization , and so many outward and inward influences . Works of poetry must therefore be ...
... poetry as we look on the productions of nature ; for , like them , poetry is but the outgrowth of climate , time , religion , nationality , civilization , and so many outward and inward influences . Works of poetry must therefore be ...
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... poetry , we find that one of its constant features is the conflict of two opposing principles . These antagonistic elements vary in different epochs . In the times of Heathen Mythology - Day and Night are the opponents ; each is ...
... poetry , we find that one of its constant features is the conflict of two opposing principles . These antagonistic elements vary in different epochs . In the times of Heathen Mythology - Day and Night are the opponents ; each is ...
Page xi
... poetry was not obliterated by the introduction of Christianity , though a considerable change is to be observed in it at that period - for then , Light became by far the superior power of the two ; being regarded as the emblem of reason ...
... poetry was not obliterated by the introduction of Christianity , though a considerable change is to be observed in it at that period - for then , Light became by far the superior power of the two ; being regarded as the emblem of reason ...
Page xii
... themselves to mankind . This love of the symbolical in- sinuated itself deeper and deeper into the German mind , till at last their paintings and their architecture , as well as their poetry , were impregnated with it ; thus xii PREFACE .
... themselves to mankind . This love of the symbolical in- sinuated itself deeper and deeper into the German mind , till at last their paintings and their architecture , as well as their poetry , were impregnated with it ; thus xii PREFACE .
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Page 27 - To die, to sleep; To sleep? perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Page 17 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Page 248 - So God created man in his own image ; — male and female created he them.
Page 21 - Thou art the anointed Cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Page 24 - Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 234 - Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower...
Page 260 - Forerun the royal camp, to trench a field, Or cast a rampart. Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From...
Page 143 - The practice of thrusting out the thumb between the first and second fingers to express the feelings of insult and contempt has prevailed very generally among the nations of Europe, and for many ages been denominated making the fig, or described at least by some equivalent expression.
Page 285 - Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Page 285 - Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf. Witches' mummy , maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg'd i...