Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative of Those First Requisites of Their Art; with Markings of the Best Passages, Critical Notices of the Writers, and an Essay in Answer to the Question, "What is Poetry?"Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 pages |
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... seems talking of love- Parea che l'erba le fiorisse intorno , Ed ' amor ragionasse quella riva ! — Orlando Innamorato , Canto iii . or in the voluptuous homage paid to the sleeping Imogen by the very light in the chamber and the ...
... seems talking of love- Parea che l'erba le fiorisse intorno , Ed ' amor ragionasse quella riva ! — Orlando Innamorato , Canto iii . or in the voluptuous homage paid to the sleeping Imogen by the very light in the chamber and the ...
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... seems than each , and each than each seems smoother . An abundance of examples from his poetry will be found in the volume before us . His beauty revolves on itself with con- scious loveliness . And Coleridge is worthy to be named with ...
... seems than each , and each than each seems smoother . An abundance of examples from his poetry will be found in the volume before us . His beauty revolves on itself with con- scious loveliness . And Coleridge is worthy to be named with ...
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... seems so determined to resent as this want of respect for its time and trouble . The world is too rich in books to en- dure it . Even true poets have died of this Writer's Evil . Trifling ones have survived , with scarcely any ...
... seems so determined to resent as this want of respect for its time and trouble . The world is too rich in books to en- dure it . Even true poets have died of this Writer's Evil . Trifling ones have survived , with scarcely any ...
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... Seem'd threaten'd - though unseen to mortal eye . Unus'd to fear - he summon'd all his soul , And stood collected in himself — and whole : Not long.- But for a crowning specimen of variety of pause and 36 38 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
... Seem'd threaten'd - though unseen to mortal eye . Unus'd to fear - he summon'd all his soul , And stood collected in himself — and whole : Not long.- But for a crowning specimen of variety of pause and 36 38 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
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... seems to be Of the huge , broad - breasted , òld oak trèe The night is chill , the forest bare ; Is it the wind that moaneth bleak ( This " bleak moaning " is a witch's ) There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl ...
... seems to be Of the huge , broad - breasted , òld oak trèe The night is chill , the forest bare ; Is it the wind that moaneth bleak ( This " bleak moaning " is a witch's ) There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl ...
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