Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence! Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more ; So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof... The Pocket Magazine - Page 2831829Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...who fashion'd for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-pois'd, and scoop'd into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose,...dwells Lingering, — and wandering on as loth to die." " But, from the arms of silence, — list, 0 list ! — The music bursteth into second life ; The notes... | |
| England - 1822 - 780 pages
...fashion'd for the sense These lofty pillars — spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scoop'd into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose,...as loth to die, Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth pioof That they were born for immortality. THE SAME. What awful perspective ! while from our... | |
| 1829 - 612 pages
...nothing in heaven or earth but poetry, that fire and water, wood and stone, are all poetry, the verv higher order of the art is, to my imagination, a fine...as loth to die, Like thoughts, whose very sweetness yieldelh proof That they were born for immortality f Independently of the grandeur and beauty of this... | |
| English literature - 1822 - 696 pages
...who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scoop'd into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose, where music dwells Lingering — and wand'ring on as loth to die, Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born... | |
| Scotland - 1822 - 828 pages
...fashion'd for the sense These lofty pillars — spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scoop'd into ten thousand cells, . ( Where light and shade repose, where music dwells . .. .ii Lingering — and wandering on as loth to die, Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 pages
...who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scooped into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose,...as loth to die ; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born for immortality. XXXIII. THE SAME* WHAT awful perspective ! while... | |
| Ireland - 1828 - 410 pages
...in heaven or earth but poetry, that fire and water, wood and stone, are all poetry, the very highest order of the art, is, to my imagination, a fine old...as loth to die, Like thoughts, whose very sweetness yitldeth proaf That they were born for immortality ! Independently of the grandeur and beauty of this... | |
| William Wordsworth - Sonnets, English - 1899 - 308 pages
...who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scooped into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose,...as loth to die ; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born for immortality. WHAT awful perspective ! while from our sight The... | |
| 1840 - 546 pages
...vaulted canopy of the pile, hanging on clustered pillars graced with foliaged tracery, and — " Scooped into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose,...as loth to die ; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That tbey weie born for immortality." WOBDSWOBTH. Hark ! in a remote aisle awakes a... | |
| John Wilson - English essays - 1842 - 422 pages
...And what heart partakes not the awe of his " Beneath that branching roof Self-poised, and scoop' d into ten thousand cells Where light and shade repose,...dwells Lingering — and wandering on as loth to die ? " Read the first of these sonnets with the last — and then once more the strains that come between... | |
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