Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1847 - English literature |
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... sublime passages , where the poet speaks as from inspiration - with the voice of one crying in the wilderness - of life , death , and immortality . The truths of religion are en- forced with a commanding energy and persuasion . Epigram ...
... sublime passages , where the poet speaks as from inspiration - with the voice of one crying in the wilderness - of life , death , and immortality . The truths of religion are en- forced with a commanding energy and persuasion . Epigram ...
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... sublime . Wide the pale deluge floats , and streaming mild O'er the skied mountain to the shadowy vale , While rocks and floods reflect the quivering gleam ; The whole air whitens with a boundless tide Of silver radiance trembling round ...
... sublime . Wide the pale deluge floats , and streaming mild O'er the skied mountain to the shadowy vale , While rocks and floods reflect the quivering gleam ; The whole air whitens with a boundless tide Of silver radiance trembling round ...
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... sublime , thou bidst the world adore , And humblest nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ! what skill , what force divine , Deep - felt , in these appear ! a simple train Yet so delightful mixed , with such kind art , Such ...
... sublime , thou bidst the world adore , And humblest nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ! what skill , what force divine , Deep - felt , in these appear ! a simple train Yet so delightful mixed , with such kind art , Such ...
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... sublime ! Thy wonders in that godlike age Fill thy recording sister's page ; ' Tis said , and I believe the tale , Thy humblest reed could more prevail , Had more of strength , diviner rage , Than all which charms this laggard age ...
... sublime ! Thy wonders in that godlike age Fill thy recording sister's page ; ' Tis said , and I believe the tale , Thy humblest reed could more prevail , Had more of strength , diviner rage , Than all which charms this laggard age ...
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... sublime and hoary , He passed with unwet feet through all our land . To the blown Baltic then , they say , The wild waves found another way , Where Orcas howls , his wolfish mountains rounding ; Till all the banded west at once ' gain ...
... sublime and hoary , He passed with unwet feet through all our land . To the blown Baltic then , they say , The wild waves found another way , Where Orcas howls , his wolfish mountains rounding ; Till all the banded west at once ' gain ...
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Page 339 - But soon I heard the dash of oars, I heard the Pilot's cheer; My head was turned perforce away, And I saw a boat appear.