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Page 45
... o'er our mantle - piece , ) who come freighted with the honey of literary toil , like to the merchant bees , After a venture far as the Hesperides . Pleasant are the usual number of " How d'ye does ? " and an equal number of " Never so ...
... o'er our mantle - piece , ) who come freighted with the honey of literary toil , like to the merchant bees , After a venture far as the Hesperides . Pleasant are the usual number of " How d'ye does ? " and an equal number of " Never so ...
Page 69
... o'er hearts , Which only acting lends ; The youngest of the sister arts , Where all their beauty blends . Even the power of Shakspeare is no longer acknowledged ; and those only of his plays will attract an audience , which , though ...
... o'er hearts , Which only acting lends ; The youngest of the sister arts , Where all their beauty blends . Even the power of Shakspeare is no longer acknowledged ; and those only of his plays will attract an audience , which , though ...
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... o'er a chalice waved it , with a sigh ; Then , with bowed forehead , reared before the shrine The crystal cup - the angel rose in wrath - ' twas wine ! ' 6 Even this discovery of her false design fails to awaken the angel from his dream ...
... o'er a chalice waved it , with a sigh ; Then , with bowed forehead , reared before the shrine The crystal cup - the angel rose in wrath - ' twas wine ! ' 6 Even this discovery of her false design fails to awaken the angel from his dream ...
Page 133
... o'er me stern afflictions press ; Nor can I brook that thou shouldst prove My dark extreme of wretchedness . Oh , no ! some happier bosom bless With those fond smiles I may not share ; And I will seek to love thee less ; - Ah ! why ...
... o'er me stern afflictions press ; Nor can I brook that thou shouldst prove My dark extreme of wretchedness . Oh , no ! some happier bosom bless With those fond smiles I may not share ; And I will seek to love thee less ; - Ah ! why ...
Page 145
... ! no - then hide me where the gale may wave The weeping willow pendent o'er my head , When He shall ask my soul who kindly gave . Brighton , Jan. 6 . DAMON . FALSE APPEARANCES , AN ORIGINAL TALE , FOUNDED ON FACT SONNET . 145.
... ! no - then hide me where the gale may wave The weeping willow pendent o'er my head , When He shall ask my soul who kindly gave . Brighton , Jan. 6 . DAMON . FALSE APPEARANCES , AN ORIGINAL TALE , FOUNDED ON FACT SONNET . 145.
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Page 164 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone...
Page 225 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Page 67 - What had / done in this? — I was unborn: I sought not to be born; nor love the state To which that birth has brought me. Why did he Yield to the serpent and the woman? or, Yielding, why suffer? What was there in this? The tree was planted, and why not for him? If not, why place him near it, where it grew, The fairest in the centre? They have but One answer to all questions, '"Twas His will And He is good.
Page 72 - May the grass wither from thy feet! the woods Deny thee shelter ! earth a home! the dust A grave! the sun his light! and heaven her God!
Page 400 - By Heaven ! it is a splendid sight to see (For one who hath no friend, no brother there) Their rival scarfs of mix'd embroidery, Their various arms that glitter in the air!
Page 286 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 164 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 68 - Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who dare look the Omnipotent tyrant in His everlasting face, and tell him, that His evil is not good...
Page 245 - ... his ever having a fool to his master. He must read many, but ever the best and choicest: those that can teach him...
Page 96 - The first of the above subjects is intended for those gentlemen of the University who have not exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation ; and the other two for such as have exceeded four, but not completed seven years. Sir Roger...