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... SMITH . Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage . - JOHNSON . My head is grey , my blood is young , Red - leaping in my veins . - ALEX . SMITH , And said I that my limbs were old , And said I that my blood was cold , & c . SIR WALTER ...
... SMITH . Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage . - JOHNSON . My head is grey , my blood is young , Red - leaping in my veins . - ALEX . SMITH , And said I that my limbs were old , And said I that my blood was cold , & c . SIR WALTER ...
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... SMITH . The heavens declare the glory of God ; and The firmament sheweth his handiwork . - PSALM XIX . iv . Alas ! the youth , Earnest as flame , could not so tame his heart As to live quiet days . - ALEX . SMITH . Quiet to quick bosoms ...
... SMITH . The heavens declare the glory of God ; and The firmament sheweth his handiwork . - PSALM XIX . iv . Alas ! the youth , Earnest as flame , could not so tame his heart As to live quiet days . - ALEX . SMITH . Quiet to quick bosoms ...
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... SMITH . 22. - STANZA OF FIVE LINES , 6-5 , AND ONE 12. ( Alternate and divided triplet . ) Will that clime enfold thee With immortal air ? Shall we not behold thee Bright and deathless there ? In spirit - lustre clothed , transcendently ...
... SMITH . 22. - STANZA OF FIVE LINES , 6-5 , AND ONE 12. ( Alternate and divided triplet . ) Will that clime enfold thee With immortal air ? Shall we not behold thee Bright and deathless there ? In spirit - lustre clothed , transcendently ...
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... Smith have indulged in an over - crowding of images that has led them into a mannerism of phraseology by no means acceptable to the admirers of pleasing verse . By their subtlety of thought they have rendered their writings acceptable ...
... Smith have indulged in an over - crowding of images that has led them into a mannerism of phraseology by no means acceptable to the admirers of pleasing verse . By their subtlety of thought they have rendered their writings acceptable ...
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... Smith , the " Ingoldsby Legends " ( Barham ) , and Mr. W. M. Thackeray's Ballads , afford ample scope in which to study the various rhythms and methods adopted by the writers of wit and humour . Having pointed out the various styles ...
... Smith , the " Ingoldsby Legends " ( Barham ) , and Mr. W. M. Thackeray's Ballads , afford ample scope in which to study the various rhythms and methods adopted by the writers of wit and humour . Having pointed out the various styles ...
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Page 39 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores ; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when, with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
Page 132 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below, LXIII.
Page 172 - And this is in the night: — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee!
Page 105 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 126 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing.
Page 21 - There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again ; And all went merry as a marriage-bell, But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Page 39 - Camoens soothed an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow : a glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from Faeryland To struggle through dark ways ; and, when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The Thing became a trumpet ; whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few...
Page 33 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever and for evermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 187 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...
Page 106 - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...