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Page 441
The sudden charm , which accidents of light and shade , which moon - light or
sun - set diffused over a known and familiar landscape , appeared to represent
the practicability of combining both . These are the poetry of nature . The thought
...
The sudden charm , which accidents of light and shade , which moon - light or
sun - set diffused over a known and familiar landscape , appeared to represent
the practicability of combining both . These are the poetry of nature . The thought
...
Page 445
When the luminary first appeared above the horizon , those admirers of new light
declared it to be nothing better than green cheese , yet assailed it with as violent
outcries as if they thought it able to set the world on fire . If these criticisms ...
When the luminary first appeared above the horizon , those admirers of new light
declared it to be nothing better than green cheese , yet assailed it with as violent
outcries as if they thought it able to set the world on fire . If these criticisms ...
Page 451
From their gross matter she abstracts their forms , And draws a kind of
quintessence from things ; Which to her proper nature she transforms To bear
them light on her celestial wings . Thus does she , when from individual states
She doth ...
From their gross matter she abstracts their forms , And draws a kind of
quintessence from things ; Which to her proper nature she transforms To bear
them light on her celestial wings . Thus does she , when from individual states
She doth ...
Page 491
And by what rules could he direct his choice , which would not have enabled him
to select and arrange his words by the light of his own judgment ? We do not
adopt the language of a class by the mere adoption of such words exclusively ,
as ...
And by what rules could he direct his choice , which would not have enabled him
to select and arrange his words by the light of his own judgment ? We do not
adopt the language of a class by the mere adoption of such words exclusively ,
as ...
Page 492
... beside the Thorn , she sits , When the blue day - light ' s in the skies , And when
the whirlwind ' s on the hill , Or frosty air is keen and still , And to herself she cries
, Oh misery ! Oh misery ! Oh woe is me ! Oh misery ! " 2 and compare this with ...
... beside the Thorn , she sits , When the blue day - light ' s in the skies , And when
the whirlwind ' s on the hill , Or frosty air is keen and still , And to herself she cries
, Oh misery ! Oh misery ! Oh woe is me ! Oh misery ! " 2 and compare this with ...
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Page 582 - Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realized. High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised...
Page 734 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!
Page 581 - Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast: Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise...
Page 555 - Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse...
Page 443 - I hoped, might be of some use to ascertain, how far, by fitting to metrical arrangement a selection of the real language of men in a state of vivid sensation...
Page 451 - What is poetry? — is so nearly the same question with, what is a poet? — that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other.
Page 520 - Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky; The dew shall weep thy fall tonight, For thou must die.
Page 442 - ... things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural, by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us; an inexhaustible treasure, but for which, in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude, we have eyes, yet see not, ears that hear not, and hearts that neither feel nor understand.
Page 580 - Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown hue, By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially — beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose decked With unrejoicing berries — ghostly Shapes May meet at noontide; Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight; Death the Skeleton And Time the Shadow ; — there to celebrate, As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship ; or in mute repose To lie, and listen to the mountain flood...
Page 530 - Scot,' exclaims the lance — Bear me to the heart of France, Is the longing of the Shield — Tell thy name, thou trembling Field ; Field of Death, where'er thou be, Groan thou with our victory ! Happy day, and mighty hour, When our Shepherd, in his power, Mailed and horsed, with lance and sword, To his ancestors restored, Like a re-appearing Star, Like a glory from afar, First shall head the flock of war...
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| Title | Biographia literaria; or, Biographical sketches of my literary life and opinions, Volume 2 Biographia literaria; or, Biographical sketches of my literary life and opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Putnam's choice libr Wiley & Putnam's library of choice reading |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Editor | Henry Nelson Coleridge |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1848 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 804 pages |
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