A criticism on the Elegy written in a country church yard. Being a continuation [by J. Young] of dr. J-n's criticism on the poems of GrayBallantyne Press, 1810 |
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... light purse , is so much at present on the decline , as to threaten ( in the language of the Counter ) to be speedily knocked up . The Irish editors have imprudently screwed up their prices too high and their rivals on this side the ...
... light purse , is so much at present on the decline , as to threaten ( in the language of the Counter ) to be speedily knocked up . The Irish editors have imprudently screwed up their prices too high and their rivals on this side the ...
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... light fantastic toe , " or the inconsolable husband , who was to cherish no second flame , consents to comfort himself in one spouse for the loss of ano- ther , they find the public in possession of their written wailings , and not a ...
... light fantastic toe , " or the inconsolable husband , who was to cherish no second flame , consents to comfort himself in one spouse for the loss of ano- ther , they find the public in possession of their written wailings , and not a ...
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... I communicated this observation , have I been called upon to take notice , that the author has descri- bed himself , in the Elegy , as carrying on his musing by moon - light ! I. II . III . 1 Of this Elegy the 28 CRITICISM.
... I communicated this observation , have I been called upon to take notice , that the author has descri- bed himself , in the Elegy , as carrying on his musing by moon - light ! I. II . III . 1 Of this Elegy the 28 CRITICISM.
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... with " the slow winding off of the cattle ; " " the plodding pace of the returning plow- man ; " " the fading of the landscape ; " and " the moon , discovering , by her light , 1 a tower mantled with ivy . " Of these images 30 CRITICISM.
... with " the slow winding off of the cattle ; " " the plodding pace of the returning plow- man ; " " the fading of the landscape ; " and " the moon , discovering , by her light , 1 a tower mantled with ivy . " Of these images 30 CRITICISM.
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... light ; he says , in the way of address to the great operator , The unfruitful rock itself , impregn'd by thee , In dark retirement forms the lucid stone . The lively diamond drinks thy purest rays ; Collected light compact . And ...
... light ; he says , in the way of address to the great operator , The unfruitful rock itself , impregn'd by thee , In dark retirement forms the lucid stone . The lively diamond drinks thy purest rays ; Collected light compact . And ...
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Page 38 - Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 3 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 4 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 6 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 8 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 5 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page 6 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Page 2 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page 9 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 5 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...