Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 138
... live , and what is it you do ? He with a smile did then his tale repeat ; And said , that , gathering leeches far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the ponds where they abide . " Once I could meet with ...
... live , and what is it you do ? He with a smile did then his tale repeat ; And said , that , gathering leeches far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the ponds where they abide . " Once I could meet with ...
Page 146
... live out their time Husbanding that which they possess within , And go to the grave unthought of . Strongest minds Are often those of whom the noisy world Hears least . " EXCURSION , B. 1 . To use a colloquial phrase , such sentiments ...
... live out their time Husbanding that which they possess within , And go to the grave unthought of . Strongest minds Are often those of whom the noisy world Hears least . " EXCURSION , B. 1 . To use a colloquial phrase , such sentiments ...
Page 154
... lives to find ! Thou , over whom thy immortality Broods like the day , a master o'er the slave . A presence that is not to be put by ! " Now here , not to stop at the daring spirit of metaphor which connects the epithets " deaf and ...
... lives to find ! Thou , over whom thy immortality Broods like the day , a master o'er the slave . A presence that is not to be put by ! " Now here , not to stop at the daring spirit of metaphor which connects the epithets " deaf and ...
Page 172
... live with me in love , And what if my poor cheek be brown ? ' Tis well for me , thou can'st not see How pale and wan it else would be . " Last , and pre - eminently I challenge for this poet the gift of IMAGINATION in the highest and ...
... live with me in love , And what if my poor cheek be brown ? ' Tis well for me , thou can'st not see How pale and wan it else would be . " Last , and pre - eminently I challenge for this poet the gift of IMAGINATION in the highest and ...
Page 175
... live , That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not in deed For that which is most worthy to be blest Delight and liberty the simple creed Of childhood ...
... live , That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not in deed For that which is most worthy to be blest Delight and liberty the simple creed Of childhood ...
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