 O Attic shape! fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form! dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity. Cold Pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou...  The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Page 670edited by - 1901 - 1084 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1891 - 408 pages
...not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with bredc Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest...say'st, ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all yc need to know. /. Kaits CCCXXIX YOUTH AND AGE Verse, a breeze 'mid... | |
 | James Mason Hoppin - Art - 1892 - 326 pages
...have been lost or melted, but the little fretted Greek urn we keep among our immortal treasures. " O Attic shape ! fair attitude ! with brede Of marble...say'st, ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know. ' ' Art, then, in a word, cannot be expected to make... | |
 | American periodicals - 1892 - 960 pages
...in the sight of these ancient perfections. Let us recall his apostrophe to a Grecian urn : " O Attio shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and...midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thon aayst, ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty ' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to... | |
 | David Hoekzema - English poetry - 1893 - 368 pages
...What little town by river or sea shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk , this pious morn ? And , little town , thy streets...say'st , "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth , and all ye need to know. SONG. In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious mom? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent...other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say's* : ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,— that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'... | |
 | Calendar - Calendars - 1893 - 414 pages
...grieve ; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble...say'st, ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. From Ode on a Grecian Ut-n. SONNET WHY did I laugh to-night... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - English literature - 1893 - 392 pages
...sympathetic joy in the sight of these ancient perfections. Let us recall his apostrophe to a Grecian urn : O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble...woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst, ' See Imaginary Conversations: Southcy and Porson. ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all Ye... | |
 | James Baldwin - English poetry - 1894 - 376 pages
...ever young ; All breathing human passion far above, That leaves a heart high sorrowful and cloyed, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue, Who are...say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. — JOHN KEATS. INVOCATION TO THE SPIRIT OF ACHILLES.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 862 pages
...for evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. • 5O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble...say'st : 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.' ODE. Bards of Passion and of Mirth, Ye have left your... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English Literature - 1894 - 342 pages
...forever more Will silent be; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate can e'er return. O Attic shape1 Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens...say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty "—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. MADELINE. [From The Eve of St. Agnes.] Out went the... | |
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