The Poetical Works of Thomas GrayLittle, Brown, 1853 - 223 pages |
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Page lxx
... Essays ( p . 584 ) : " that a talent for the pathetic , and a talent for humour , are generally united in the same person : wit , " he observes , " is more nearly allied to a taste for the sublime . " To return , however , to the ...
... Essays ( p . 584 ) : " that a talent for the pathetic , and a talent for humour , are generally united in the same person : wit , " he observes , " is more nearly allied to a taste for the sublime . " To return , however , to the ...
Page lxxii
... Essays , ( p . 248 , ) remarks " the de- licacy of Gray's manners : " and the editor of the Censura Literaria says , " I have learned from several who knew him intimately , that the sensibility of Gray was even morbid ; and often very ...
... Essays , ( p . 248 , ) remarks " the de- licacy of Gray's manners : " and the editor of the Censura Literaria says , " I have learned from several who knew him intimately , that the sensibility of Gray was even morbid ; and often very ...
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... Essays on the Picturesque , ' vol . ii . p . 191 , 1794 , and Cradock's Memoirs , vol . i . p . 125. Mr. R. Nares says , The Oratorio of the Messiah is as perfect a composition of the kind , as the faculties of human nature are capable ...
... Essays on the Picturesque , ' vol . ii . p . 191 , 1794 , and Cradock's Memoirs , vol . i . p . 125. Mr. R. Nares says , The Oratorio of the Messiah is as perfect a composition of the kind , as the faculties of human nature are capable ...
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... Essay on Pope ( vol . i . p . 157 ) , said that he could not recollect any painters that were good poets , except Salvator Rosa , and Charles Vermander , of Mulbrac , in Flanders ; he surely did not mean to except the poetry of this ...
... Essay on Pope ( vol . i . p . 157 ) , said that he could not recollect any painters that were good poets , except Salvator Rosa , and Charles Vermander , of Mulbrac , in Flanders ; he surely did not mean to except the poetry of this ...
Page cxv
... Essay , 4to . p . 2. T. Randall . See Faithf . Teate's Poems , 1699 , p . 1. Randall , and Davenant . Marlow was spelt Mar- ley , see Peele's Works , ed . Dyce , ii . 140 . school of Provence . Mr. Trywhitt says , " As APPENDIX . CXV.
... Essay , 4to . p . 2. T. Randall . See Faithf . Teate's Poems , 1699 , p . 1. Randall , and Davenant . Marlow was spelt Mar- ley , see Peele's Works , ed . Dyce , ii . 140 . school of Provence . Mr. Trywhitt says , " As APPENDIX . CXV.
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Page 109 - The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne ; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 99 - Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, ' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 91 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear, And weep the more because I weep in vain...
Page 16 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age.
Page 14 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Page 46 - Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, While, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm, Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway...
Page 96 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hushed, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Page 105 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 35 - And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Page 62 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves...