Poems and Essays, Volume 2Chapman and Hall, 1860 - Bookbinding |
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... dramatic of poets ; the near- est to Shakspere , and the farthest from him . He has in the very highest degree the fundamental poetic impulse . He fuses all things , and golden shapes spring from his mould , with only the material in ...
... dramatic of poets ; the near- est to Shakspere , and the farthest from him . He has in the very highest degree the fundamental poetic impulse . He fuses all things , and golden shapes spring from his mould , with only the material in ...
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... dramatic , is certainly to contradict some of his critics . Something depends on what is meant by the term . He certainly has the power of penetrating the mood of another mind ; but it will generally be found that this is another mind ...
... dramatic , is certainly to contradict some of his critics . Something depends on what is meant by the term . He certainly has the power of penetrating the mood of another mind ; but it will generally be found that this is another mind ...
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... dramatic form of self - expression , the absence of any real dramatic force is at once perceived . The young prince who relates the " Princess , " uses the first person singular throughout , without giving us any idea of himself beyond ...
... dramatic form of self - expression , the absence of any real dramatic force is at once perceived . The young prince who relates the " Princess , " uses the first person singular throughout , without giving us any idea of himself beyond ...
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... " Gentle words are always gain " ? The blind raving against peace in " Maud " may be only dramatic , but it is in such a form as not to be dis- D tinguishable by any one from the approved sentiments of the TENNYSON . 33.
... " Gentle words are always gain " ? The blind raving against peace in " Maud " may be only dramatic , but it is in such a form as not to be dis- D tinguishable by any one from the approved sentiments of the TENNYSON . 33.
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... dramatic literature evolved by itself . Did such an attempt ever succeed ? A native literature in its infancy may take the impres- sion of a foreign one ; though even then , if it have strength to grow at all , it soon throws off , or ...
... dramatic literature evolved by itself . Did such an attempt ever succeed ? A native literature in its infancy may take the impres- sion of a foreign one ; though even then , if it have strength to grow at all , it soon throws off , or ...
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Page 7 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 459 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 7 - COURAGE !" he said, and pointed toward the land, " This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon." In the afternoon they came unto a land, In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
Page 372 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 7 - The dawn, the dawn,' and died away; And East and West, without a breath, Mixt their dim lights, like life and death, To broaden into boundless day.
Page 7 - Remorsefully regarded thro' his tears, And would have spoken, but he found not words; Then took with care, and kneeling on one knee, O'er both his shoulders drew the languid hands, And rising bore him thro