The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 5Yale Literary Society, 1840 - College students' writings, American |
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... poet has wished her , - " Great , glorious , and free ; First flower of the earth , and first gem of the sea ? " Shall the winds , as they sigh through her groves , or moan through her antiquated castles , awake no remembrance of former ...
... poet has wished her , - " Great , glorious , and free ; First flower of the earth , and first gem of the sea ? " Shall the winds , as they sigh through her groves , or moan through her antiquated castles , awake no remembrance of former ...
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... poet we were certainly never able to answer ; but still , whatever may be thought of the utility of the weaker sex or of the propriety of their creation , we are willing frankly to acknowledge , that , although we are naturally as bold ...
... poet we were certainly never able to answer ; but still , whatever may be thought of the utility of the weaker sex or of the propriety of their creation , we are willing frankly to acknowledge , that , although we are naturally as bold ...
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... poet of Epicurus and the bard of Mantua inhaled their inspiration amid the beauty and fragrance of the gardens of Mæcenas , on the Es- quiline hill . A Frederic , a Louis , and a George IV . may have scattered their smiles upon some ...
... poet of Epicurus and the bard of Mantua inhaled their inspiration amid the beauty and fragrance of the gardens of Mæcenas , on the Es- quiline hill . A Frederic , a Louis , and a George IV . may have scattered their smiles upon some ...
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... poet . And if the talented aspi- rant to literary fame is sure to find in the heart of the million a deep and ... poets and philosophers ? ' We might answer , perhaps , by pointing to a Bancroft and Pres- cott - a Cooper and Bird - a ...
... poet . And if the talented aspi- rant to literary fame is sure to find in the heart of the million a deep and ... poets and philosophers ? ' We might answer , perhaps , by pointing to a Bancroft and Pres- cott - a Cooper and Bird - a ...
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... poet would un- doubtedly denominate a reverie , and a common man a quandary . Could you have seen , as leaning back in my antique rocking- chair , I looked " like sculptured agony , " ( I quote from the new tragedy of Mr. Hillhouse ...
... poet would un- doubtedly denominate a reverie , and a common man a quandary . Could you have seen , as leaning back in my antique rocking- chair , I looked " like sculptured agony , " ( I quote from the new tragedy of Mr. Hillhouse ...
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Page 180 - I will be wise, And just, and free, and mild, if in me lies Such power, for I grow weary to behold The selfish and the strong still tyrannize Without reproach or check.
Page 373 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being...
Page 87 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Page 345 - Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet. For every pelting, petty officer Would use his heaven for thunder : nothing but thunder...
Page 175 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 328 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: " the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 434 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 297 - Till warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, bat to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 392 - The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Page 415 - Tis the middle of night by the castle clock , And the owls have awakened the crowing cock ; Tu — whit ! - — Tu — whoo ! And hark, again! the crowing cock, How drowsily it crew.