But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair,— And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song; And when her sweetest theme she chose, A soft, responsive voice was heard at every close; And Hope, enchanted, smiled, and waved her golden hair. -William C. Bryant. She came in all her beauty, like the moon from the cloud in in the east. Loveliness was around her, as light. like the music of songs.-Ossian. A sensitive plant in a garden grew, Her steps were And the young winds fed it with silver dew; Oh! be some other name! -Shelley. What's in a name? That which we call a rose Come, gentle night! come, loving, black-browed night! Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, She walks in beauty, like the night MOVEMENT. Movement refers to time, and is quick, moderate, and slow. Quick Movement. Quick Movement expresses joy, with confusion, violent anger, and sudden fear. Examples. Away! away! our fires stream bright And their arrowy sparkles of brilliant light must ride; "Pull, pull in your lassoes, and bridle to steed, I hear like a sea breaking high on the shore; A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, "I come! I come! ye have called me long! I come o'er the mountains with light and song! "From the streams and founts I have loosed the chain, "Then fancy her magical pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise; "The jessamine clambers in flower o'er the thatch, And the swallow sings sweet from her nest in the wall; All trembling with transport, he raises the latch, And the voices of loved ones reply to his call." "Every one is doubtful what course to take,—every one but Cæsar! He causes the banner to be erected, the charge to be sounded, the soldiers at a distance to be recalled,-all in a moment. He runs from place to place; his whole frame is in action; his words, his looks, his motions, his gestures, exhort his men to remember their former valor. He draws them up, and causes the signal to be given,—all in a moment. He seizes a buckler from one of his private men, puts himself at the head of his broken troops, darts into the thick of the battle, rescues his legions, and overthrows the enemy ! " "You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear, To-morrow 'll be the happiest time of all the glad New Year; Of all the glad New Year, mother, the maddest, merriest day, For I'm to be Queen of the May, mother, I'm to be Queen of the May. "I sleep so sound all night, mother, that I shall never wake, If you do not call me loud when the day begins to break : But I must gather knots of flowers, and buds and garlands gay, For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May." "If ever you saw an old hoss spring upwards into a new, "Away he rushed like a cyclone at the head of No. 3, Moderate Movement. Moderate time is used in cheerfulness and the gentle forms of the emotion. Examples. Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, -As You Like It. This was the noblest Roman of them all ;- -Julius Cæsar. "Let me play the fool: With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come; Sit like his grandsire, cut in alabaster? Sleep when he wakes? and creep into the jaundice "That strain again! it had a dying fall! Oh, it came o’er my ear like the sweet south, Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and he bears a laden breast, Full of sad experience moving toward the stillness of his rest. Not in vain the distance beckons. Forward, forward let us range; Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. Through the shadow of the globe we sweep into the younger day: Mother-age (for mine I knew not), help me as when life begun,— Oh, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set; Howsoever these things be, a long farewell to Locksley Hall! "The scene had also its minstrels; the birds, those ministers and worshippers of Nature, were on the wing, filling the air with melody; while, like diligent little housewives, they ransacked the forest and field for materials for their housekeeping." "Across in my neighbor's window, with its drapings of satin and lace, I see, 'neath its flowing ringlets, a baby's innocent face. His feet, in crimson slippers, are tapping the polished glass; And the crowd in the street look upward, and nod and smile as they pass." Slow Movement. Slow time is used to express vastness, solemnity, horror, and consternation. |