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... author of Marmion LETTER II . · Page 1 Resemblance between the novelist and poet in their tastes , studies , and habits of life , as illustrated by their works . Both Scotchmen - Habitual residents in Edinburgh - Poets - Anti- quaries ...
... author of Marmion LETTER II . · Page 1 Resemblance between the novelist and poet in their tastes , studies , and habits of life , as illustrated by their works . Both Scotchmen - Habitual residents in Edinburgh - Poets - Anti- quaries ...
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... author of Marmion generally characterized -His habits of composition and turn of mind , as a poet , com- pared with those of the novelist - Their descriptions simply conceived and composed , without abstruse and far - fetched ...
... author of Marmion generally characterized -His habits of composition and turn of mind , as a poet , com- pared with those of the novelist - Their descriptions simply conceived and composed , without abstruse and far - fetched ...
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John Young. same incidents , & c.Same authors quoted by both - The poet , like the novelist , fond of mentioning his contemporaries , whether as private friends or as men publicly distinguished- Author of Marmion never notices the author ...
John Young. same incidents , & c.Same authors quoted by both - The poet , like the novelist , fond of mentioning his contemporaries , whether as private friends or as men publicly distinguished- Author of Marmion never notices the author ...
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... author of Waverley with the author of Marmion . In making this attempt , my chief dependence will be , as I have already in- timated , on the internal evidence of their respective works . I neither have the means , nor feel much desire ...
... author of Waverley with the author of Marmion . In making this attempt , my chief dependence will be , as I have already in- timated , on the internal evidence of their respective works . I neither have the means , nor feel much desire ...
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... author of Marmion has neglected his poetical vein , in proportion as the author of Waverley has cultivated his talent for prose narration . It certainly is not to be expected that a writer should continue through life to produce ...
... author of Marmion has neglected his poetical vein , in proportion as the author of Waverley has cultivated his talent for prose narration . It certainly is not to be expected that a writer should continue through life to produce ...
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Page 54 - Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 3 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 9 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 4 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 8 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 1 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD / THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Page 104 - 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.
Page 2 - The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed...
Page 7 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Page 5 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...