Shelley memorials: from authentic sources, ed. by lady Shelley. To which is added An essay on Christianity, by P.B. Shelleylady Jane Shelley 1859 |
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Page 73
... walking out , he should wear my scarlet uniform , and that I should assume his outer garments . So he donned the soldier's dress , and sallied forth . His head was so remarkably small that , though mine be not large , the cap came down ...
... walking out , he should wear my scarlet uniform , and that I should assume his outer garments . So he donned the soldier's dress , and sallied forth . His head was so remarkably small that , though mine be not large , the cap came down ...
Page 103
... walk a Pergola , as it is called in Italian - - led from the hall - door to a summer - house at the end of the garden , which Shelley made his study , and in which he began the Prometheus ; and here also , as he mentions in a letter ...
... walk a Pergola , as it is called in Italian - - led from the hall - door to a summer - house at the end of the garden , which Shelley made his study , and in which he began the Prometheus ; and here also , as he mentions in a letter ...
Page 109
... walks in the woods are delightful ; for I like nothing so much as to be surrounded by the foliage of trees , only peeping now and then through the leafy screen on the scene about me . You can either walk by the side of the river , or on ...
... walks in the woods are delightful ; for I like nothing so much as to be surrounded by the foliage of trees , only peeping now and then through the leafy screen on the scene about me . You can either walk by the side of the river , or on ...
Page 110
... walking dress . " We have found among our books a volume of poems of Lord Byron's , which you have not seen . Some of them I think you will like ; but this will be a novelty to recommend us on our return . I begin to be very much ...
... walking dress . " We have found among our books a volume of poems of Lord Byron's , which you have not seen . Some of them I think you will like ; but this will be a novelty to recommend us on our return . I begin to be very much ...
Page 111
... walks are filled with English nursery maids -a kind of animal I by no means like - and dash- ing , staring ... walk , except last Tuesday , when Shelley and I took a long ride to Il Prato Fiorito , a flowery meadow on the top ...
... walks are filled with English nursery maids -a kind of animal I by no means like - and dash- ing , staring ... walk , except last Tuesday , when Shelley and I took a long ride to Il Prato Fiorito , a flowery meadow on the top ...
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Page 106 - 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 157 - self-concentration' — selfishness, perhaps. You, I am sure, will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore.
Page 165 - It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
Page 104 - A lovelier toy sweet Nature never made ; A serious, subtle, wild, yet gentle being ; Graceful without design, and unforeseeing ; With eyes — Oh ! speak not of her eyes ! which seem Twin mirrors of Italian Heaven, yet gleam With such deep meaning as we never see But in the human countenance.
Page 175 - Do not forget my other questions. I am especially curious to hear the fate of " Adonais." I confess I should be surprised if that poem were born to an immortality of oblivion.
Page 15 - 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 193 - ... our language the most subtle and imaginative passages of the Spanish poet, were marvellous, as was his command of the two languages. After this touch of his quality I no longer doubted his identity ; a dead silence ensued ; looking up, I asked, " Where is he ? " Mrs. Williams said, " Who ? Shelley? Oh, he comes and goes like a spirit, no one knows when or where.
Page 174 - The Adonais, in spite of its mysticism, is the least imperfect of my compositions, and, as the image of my regret and honour for poor Keats, I wish it to be so. I shall write to you, probably, by next post on the subject of that poem, and should have sent the promised criticism for the second edition, had I not mislaid, and in vain sought for, the volume that contains Hyperion...
Page 305 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need ; and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people.
Page 96 - Yet, after all, I cannot but be conscious, in much of what I write, of an absence of that tranquillity which is the attribute and accompaniment of power.