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Page vii
... wishes . I have not shovelled my verses out by cart - loads , leaving the public , much less another generation , to save me the trouble of selection ! I do not believe that other generations will take the trouble to rake for jewels in ...
... wishes . I have not shovelled my verses out by cart - loads , leaving the public , much less another generation , to save me the trouble of selection ! I do not believe that other generations will take the trouble to rake for jewels in ...
Page xvii
... wish not to be thought contemptuous of it in the smallest . My verses having thus been corrected , as far as I saw occasion , and evidence enough ( I hope ) having been given to show that I have no overweening value for what I have ...
... wish not to be thought contemptuous of it in the smallest . My verses having thus been corrected , as far as I saw occasion , and evidence enough ( I hope ) having been given to show that I have no overweening value for what I have ...
Page xxi
... wish the addition of these cubits to human stature . Let us be content with the greatness his genius gave him , and with our power to look up to it . Pope denounced alexandrines in a celebrated cou- plet , in which he seems to confound ...
... wish the addition of these cubits to human stature . Let us be content with the greatness his genius gave him , and with our power to look up to it . Pope denounced alexandrines in a celebrated cou- plet , in which he seems to confound ...
Page xxxi
... wish , and yet said , ' Now I may ; ' She that , being anger'd , her revenge being nigh , Bade her wrong stay , and her displeasure fly ; She , that in wisdom never was so frail , To take the cod's head for the salmon's tail ; She that ...
... wish , and yet said , ' Now I may ; ' She that , being anger'd , her revenge being nigh , Bade her wrong stay , and her displeasure fly ; She , that in wisdom never was so frail , To take the cod's head for the salmon's tail ; She that ...
Page xlv
... wish to be a poet , who could not think in this manner , or not think it as much at forty as at twenty . The poem of Hero and Leander , as well as the Story of Rimini , I have corrected since it first ap- peared , the former indeed ...
... wish to be a poet , who could not think in this manner , or not think it as much at forty as at twenty . The poem of Hero and Leander , as well as the Story of Rimini , I have corrected since it first ap- peared , the former indeed ...
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Page xxi - Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine : Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse remain'd, and will remain.
Page xx - Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our strength. Firm Doric pillars found your solid base, The fair Corinthian crowns the higher space; Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
Page xxix - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page xxxv - Eternal HOPE ! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have...
Page 225 - O quid solutis est beatius curis? Cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino Lahore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum, Desideratoque acquiescimus lecto. Hoc est quod unum est pro laboribus tantis.
Page 249 - Chiare, fresche e dolci acque, ove le belle membra pose colei che sola a me par donna; gentil ramo ove piacque (con sospir mi rimembra) a lei di fare al bel fianco colonna; erba e fior che la gonna leggiadra ricoverse co l'angelico seno; aere sacro sereno ove Amor co' begli occhi il cor m'aperse: date udìenzia insieme a le dolenti mie parole estreme.
Page 255 - 1 suo grembo; Et ella si sedea Umile in tanta gloria, Coverta già de l'amoroso nembo. Qual fior cadea sul lembo, Qual su le treccie bionde, Ch'oro forbito e perle Eran quel dì a vederle ; Qual si posava in terra, e qual su l'onde ; Qual con un vago errore Girando parea dir: 'Qui regna Amore.
Page 276 - What pleases is permitted. Then among streams and flowers The little winged powers Went singing carols without torch or bow; The nymphs and shepherds sat Mingling with innocent chat Sports and low whispers; and with whispers low, Kisses that would not go. The maiden, budding o'er, Kept not her bloom uneyed, Which now a veil must hide, Nor the crisp apples which her bosom bore; And oftentimes, in river or in lake, The lover and his love their merry bath would take. 'Twas...
Page 273 - LOVELY age of gold ! Not that the rivers rolled With milk, or that the woods wept honeydew; Not that the ready ground Produced without a wound, Or the mild serpent had no tooth that slew , Not that a cloudless blue For ever was in sight, Or that the heaven, which burns And now is cold by turns, Looked out in glad and everlasting light ; No, nor that even the insolent ships from far Brought war to no new lands, nor riches worse than war...
Page 256 - How often then I said, .. Inward, and filled with dread, "Doubtless this creature came from paradise !" For at her look the while, Her voice, and her sweet smile And heavenly air, truth parted from mine eyes; So that, with long-drawn sighs, I said, as far from men, " How came I here, and when ?