The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, etc., etc., Originally published as an ode.-Pref., 1823 - 286 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 34
... face besmear'd , Till SHAKSPEARE , greatest of the race , appear'd ; Whose works to scan is not a province mine , Yet , for the last , admit one duteous line ! * Like Homer , Dante , Milton , Spenser , Young , The Bard of Avon hath ...
... face besmear'd , Till SHAKSPEARE , greatest of the race , appear'd ; Whose works to scan is not a province mine , Yet , for the last , admit one duteous line ! * Like Homer , Dante , Milton , Spenser , Young , The Bard of Avon hath ...
Σελίδα 65
... , sits , like a forlorn dis- consolate widow , in her weeds . While winds , in doleful ac- cents , howl ; and rains , in repeated showers , weep . " - " Winter Piece . " L - " How frequently is the face of nature changed NOTES . 65.
... , sits , like a forlorn dis- consolate widow , in her weeds . While winds , in doleful ac- cents , howl ; and rains , in repeated showers , weep . " - " Winter Piece . " L - " How frequently is the face of nature changed NOTES . 65.
Σελίδα 66
A Poem ; in Two Cantos Charles Burton. - " How frequently is the face of nature changed ! and , by changing , made more agreeable ! -The long - continued glitter of the day , renders the soothing shades of the evening doubly welcome ...
A Poem ; in Two Cantos Charles Burton. - " How frequently is the face of nature changed ! and , by changing , made more agreeable ! -The long - continued glitter of the day , renders the soothing shades of the evening doubly welcome ...
Σελίδα 68
... face more pale and sad ; and that he bore the mark of the wound by which he fell . But Ossian sets before our eyes a spirit from the invisible world , distinguished by all those features which a strong astonished imagination would give ...
... face more pale and sad ; and that he bore the mark of the wound by which he fell . But Ossian sets before our eyes a spirit from the invisible world , distinguished by all those features which a strong astonished imagination would give ...
Σελίδα 69
... the people . His sword is a green meteor , half - extinguished . His face is without form , and dark . He sighed thrice over the hero ; and thrice the winds of the night roared around . Many were his words to Oscar . NOTES . 69.
... the people . His sword is a green meteor , half - extinguished . His face is without form , and dark . He sighed thrice over the hero ; and thrice the winds of the night roared around . Many were his words to Oscar . NOTES . 69.
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Σελίδα 190 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty Go<J of Jacob : (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel...
Σελίδα 201 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his...
Σελίδα 187 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Σελίδα 176 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Σελίδα 175 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Σελίδα 196 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Σελίδα 190 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Σελίδα 100 - But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam' o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek ; With heart-struck anxious care, inquires his name, While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak : Weel pleased the mother hears it's nae wild, worthless rake. Wi...
Σελίδα 136 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Σελίδα 194 - Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as a heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.