Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 47
... And with this other maid to church Unthinking Stephen wentPoor Martha ! on that woeful day A pang of pitiless dismay Into her soul was sent ; A fire was kindled in her breast , Which might not burn itself to rest .
... And with this other maid to church Unthinking Stephen wentPoor Martha ! on that woeful day A pang of pitiless dismay Into her soul was sent ; A fire was kindled in her breast , Which might not burn itself to rest .
Page 61
... chaunts out the child's last speech and confession , birth , parcntage , and education . And this soul - benumbing ignominy , this unholy and hearthardening burlesque on the last fearful infliction of outraged law , in pronouncing ...
... chaunts out the child's last speech and confession , birth , parcntage , and education . And this soul - benumbing ignominy , this unholy and hearthardening burlesque on the last fearful infliction of outraged law , in pronouncing ...
Page 87
... language of poetic fervor self - impassioned , Donne's apostrophe to the Sun in the second stanza of his “ Progress of the Soul . ” “ Thee , eye of heaven ! this great soul envies not : Or the next stanza but one : 1 " Great.
... language of poetic fervor self - impassioned , Donne's apostrophe to the Sun in the second stanza of his “ Progress of the Soul . ” “ Thee , eye of heaven ! this great soul envies not : Or the next stanza but one : 1 " Great.
Page 112
Alas ! the fervent harper did not know , That for a tranquil soul the lay was framed , Who , long compelled in humble walks to go Was softened into feeling , soothed , and tamed . Love had he found in huts where poor men lie : His daily ...
Alas ! the fervent harper did not know , That for a tranquil soul the lay was framed , Who , long compelled in humble walks to go Was softened into feeling , soothed , and tamed . Love had he found in huts where poor men lie : His daily ...
Page 124
“ O then what soul was his , when on the tops Of the high mountains he beheld the suu Rise up , and bathe the world in light ! He lookedOcean and earth , the solid frame of earth , And ocean's liquid wass , beneath him lay In gladness ...
“ O then what soul was his , when on the tops Of the high mountains he beheld the suu Rise up , and bathe the world in light ! He lookedOcean and earth , the solid frame of earth , And ocean's liquid wass , beneath him lay In gladness ...
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