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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Page 77
... Character , Spiritual Love ; Painter for it , Raphael . She was a woman in her freshest age , Of wondrous beauty and of bounty rare , With goodly grace and comely personage , That was on earth not easy to compare ; Full of great love ...
... Character , Spiritual Love ; Painter for it , Raphael . She was a woman in her freshest age , Of wondrous beauty and of bounty rare , With goodly grace and comely personage , That was on earth not easy to compare ; Full of great love ...
Page 78
... Character , Sweetness without Devotedness ; Painter , Correggio . With him went Hope in rank , a handsome maid , Of cheerful look , and lovely to behold : In silken samite she was light array'd , And her fair locks were woven up in gold ...
... Character , Sweetness without Devotedness ; Painter , Correggio . With him went Hope in rank , a handsome maid , Of cheerful look , and lovely to behold : In silken samite she was light array'd , And her fair locks were woven up in gold ...
Page 80
... Character , Superhuman Energy , and Rage ; Painter , Michael Angelo In his strong arms he stiffly him embrac❜d , Who , him gain - striving , naught at all prevail'd ; Then him to ground he cast and rudely haled , And both his hands ...
... Character , Superhuman Energy , and Rage ; Painter , Michael Angelo In his strong arms he stiffly him embrac❜d , Who , him gain - striving , naught at all prevail'd ; Then him to ground he cast and rudely haled , And both his hands ...
Page 83
... Character , Dreariness of Scene ; Horridness of Aspect and Wicked Beauty , side by side ; Painter , Julio Romano . Then to her iron waggon she betakes And with her bears the foul well - favored witch : Through mirksome air her ready way ...
... Character , Dreariness of Scene ; Horridness of Aspect and Wicked Beauty , side by side ; Painter , Julio Romano . Then to her iron waggon she betakes And with her bears the foul well - favored witch : Through mirksome air her ready way ...
Page 85
... Character , Contrast of Impassioned and Unimpassioned Beauty- Cold and Warm Colors mixed ; Painter , Titian . ( Yet I know not whether Annibal Caracci would not better suit the demand for personal expression in this instance . But the ...
... Character , Contrast of Impassioned and Unimpassioned Beauty- Cold and Warm Colors mixed ; Painter , Titian . ( Yet I know not whether Annibal Caracci would not better suit the demand for personal expression in this instance . But the ...
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