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... ideas and the quality of sentiments ) . Alfieri touches chords which will vibrate far into the nineteenth century , from Foscolo and Leopardi to Carducci . I feel constrained to look upon this poet as closely related to the contemporary ...
... ideas and the quality of sentiments ) . Alfieri touches chords which will vibrate far into the nineteenth century , from Foscolo and Leopardi to Carducci . I feel constrained to look upon this poet as closely related to the contemporary ...
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... idea , of the plan to be carried out at all costs , of inveterate obstinacy . He could not bear , as we have seen , the pleasant lightness of the prose style of the enlightenment , and the other popular style of the period in Italy was ...
... idea , of the plan to be carried out at all costs , of inveterate obstinacy . He could not bear , as we have seen , the pleasant lightness of the prose style of the enlightenment , and the other popular style of the period in Italy was ...
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... idea is to seek . Everything is verdant and scented in his fields ; and when we traverse them from end to end , we never find ourselves even in an unpleasing , much less in a deserted spot . Vaster horizons there are than Monti's , but ...
... idea is to seek . Everything is verdant and scented in his fields ; and when we traverse them from end to end , we never find ourselves even in an unpleasing , much less in a deserted spot . Vaster horizons there are than Monti's , but ...
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... idea of fate , or to employ an altogether objective style , in which the true inclina- tions of the author shall be altogether impossible to divine events and personages moving of themselves ; and so on . In all these attempts ...
... idea of fate , or to employ an altogether objective style , in which the true inclina- tions of the author shall be altogether impossible to divine events and personages moving of themselves ; and so on . In all these attempts ...
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... idea of destiny but the form which the idea assumes with different authors , thus causing the differences in their poetry . There is really nothing that makes either useful or possible an æsthetic com- parison between the feeling which ...
... idea of destiny but the form which the idea assumes with different authors , thus causing the differences in their poetry . There is really nothing that makes either useful or possible an æsthetic com- parison between the feeling which ...
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Page 62 - Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected and...
Page 62 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls...
Page 283 - Pensive, s'asseyait à l'écart sur un banc, Pour entendre un de ces concerts, riches de cuivre, Dont les soldats parfois inondent nos- jardins-, Et qui, dans ces soirs d'or où l'on se sent revivre, Versent quelque héroïsme au cœur des citadins.
Page 4 - Sì, dolce sposo (ch'io già tal ti appello), Se cosa io mai ferventemente al mondo Bramai, di partir teco al nuovo sole Tutta ardo, e il voglio.
Page 282 - Reviennent, parfumés d'une odeur de futailles, Suivis de compagnons blanchis dans les batailles, Dont la moustache pend comme les vieux drapeaux ; Les bannières, les fleurs et les arcs triomphaux Se dressent devant eux, solennelle magie!
Page 134 - Ta pensée a des bonds comme ceux des gazelles. Mais ne saurait marcher sans guide et sans appui. Le sol meurtrit ses pieds, l'air fatigue ses ailes, Son œil se ferme au jour dès que le jour a lui ; Parfois, sur les hauts lieux d'un seul élan posée, Troublée au bruit des vents, ta mobile pensée Ne peut seule y veiller sans crainte et sans ennui.
Page 62 - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Page 125 - J'ai marché devant tous, triste et seul dans ma gloire, Et j'ai dit dans mon cœur : Que vouloir à présent...
Page 283 - Ils rampent, flagellés par les bises iniques, Frémissant au fracas roulant des omnibus, Et serrant sur leur flanc, ainsi que des reliques, Un petit sac brodé de fleurs ou de rébus...
Page 15 - Sotto la man de' fabri Volto e vigor prendevano I massi informi e scabri Ubbidiente e docile II bronzo...