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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... the justification of Gray , that his offence is not greater than Mil- ton's ; -that " clarion " is not more to the cock , than " horn " is to the beetle . The 1 justness of poetical description has no- thing to do 46 CRITICISM.
... the justification of Gray , that his offence is not greater than Mil- ton's ; -that " clarion " is not more to the cock , than " horn " is to the beetle . The 1 justness of poetical description has no- thing to do 46 CRITICISM.
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John Young. 1 justness of poetical description has no- thing to do with the doctrine of ratios . Hamlet's advice concerning chaste play- ing , applies equally to chaste description . There may be an " outstepping the mo- desty of nature ...
John Young. 1 justness of poetical description has no- thing to do with the doctrine of ratios . Hamlet's advice concerning chaste play- ing , applies equally to chaste description . There may be an " outstepping the mo- desty of nature ...
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... poetical side of the question , candour is content to al- low . If it seldom puts much money in the poet's purse , or brings with it much quiet to his mind , it is useful to him in F the way of his profession ; and , when he ON GRAY'S ...
... poetical side of the question , candour is content to al- low . If it seldom puts much money in the poet's purse , or brings with it much quiet to his mind , it is useful to him in F the way of his profession ; and , when he ON GRAY'S ...
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... poetical language , for being well heard in the house ; yet , with what pro- priety , can any of them be said to have " scattered plenty o'er a smiling land ? " Of a land that has its plough - share turn- ed into a sword , the plenty is ...
... poetical language , for being well heard in the house ; yet , with what pro- priety , can any of them be said to have " scattered plenty o'er a smiling land ? " Of a land that has its plough - share turn- ed into a sword , the plenty is ...
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... poetical life , Gray ever wrote verses on love . It is a little piece , somewhat of the Namby Pamby kind ; wrought up in the manner of a song , and composed ( if one may judge , from internal marks , of writings whose dates are ...
... poetical life , Gray ever wrote verses on love . It is a little piece , somewhat of the Namby Pamby kind ; wrought up in the manner of a song , and composed ( if one may judge , from internal marks , of writings whose dates are ...
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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...