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Page ix
... true poet . " We accept this as just . Neither the noises of factories nor the speculations of science , in this our utilitarian age , have as yet drowned the gentler sound of the lyre or quenched the passionate fires of poesy ; and ...
... true poet . " We accept this as just . Neither the noises of factories nor the speculations of science , in this our utilitarian age , have as yet drowned the gentler sound of the lyre or quenched the passionate fires of poesy ; and ...
Page xii
... true that he is often paraphrastic , some- times more diffuse , occasionally more voluptuous , than his Teian original . Be it so ; but he has deeply imbibed the spirit and the odour of those exquisite Greek lyrics , transfused and ...
... true that he is often paraphrastic , some- times more diffuse , occasionally more voluptuous , than his Teian original . Be it so ; but he has deeply imbibed the spirit and the odour of those exquisite Greek lyrics , transfused and ...
Page xiii
... true exponents of his feelings , we easily discover how his mind was always recurring to England . Though feeling , with all a poet's delight , the natural beauties of the scenes in which he was placed , casual expressions betray the ...
... true exponents of his feelings , we easily discover how his mind was always recurring to England . Though feeling , with all a poet's delight , the natural beauties of the scenes in which he was placed , casual expressions betray the ...
Page xv
... true home - now visiting Ireland , taking part in private theatricals ; now at Donington ; now with the Donegalls ; and still . during all these distractions , aiming at and meditating higher and better things than the frivolities of ...
... true home - now visiting Ireland , taking part in private theatricals ; now at Donington ; now with the Donegalls ; and still . during all these distractions , aiming at and meditating higher and better things than the frivolities of ...
Page 15
... true living lover . Down at your feet , in the pale moonlight , He'll kneel , with a warmth of devotion- An ardour , of which such an innocent sprite You'd scarcely believe had a notion . What other thoughts and events may arise , As in ...
... true living lover . Down at your feet , in the pale moonlight , He'll kneel , with a warmth of devotion- An ardour , of which such an innocent sprite You'd scarcely believe had a notion . What other thoughts and events may arise , As in ...
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