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... and for that reason preference has generally been given to any little poems which , if they are not the best illustrations of their author's genius , are at least com- plete in themselves . INDEX . Born . Died . Page . CHAUCER 1328 iv.
... and for that reason preference has generally been given to any little poems which , if they are not the best illustrations of their author's genius , are at least com- plete in themselves . INDEX . Born . Died . Page . CHAUCER 1328 iv.
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... genius dwelling on realities , discoursing of the ambitions , or heightening the affections of mankind ; painting in glowing colors whatever prominently excites our hopes or fears , our desire or our hatred , yet still affording an ...
... genius dwelling on realities , discoursing of the ambitions , or heightening the affections of mankind ; painting in glowing colors whatever prominently excites our hopes or fears , our desire or our hatred , yet still affording an ...
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... genius of Dante , the tender delicacy of Petrarch , and the warm imagination of Boccacio - circumstances necessary to be remembered - for it was the works of these three distinguished authors of Italy that gave a tone to the conception ...
... genius of Dante , the tender delicacy of Petrarch , and the warm imagination of Boccacio - circumstances necessary to be remembered - for it was the works of these three distinguished authors of Italy that gave a tone to the conception ...
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... genius . From the knight to the miller , from the prioress to the wife of Bath , there is an ample range of character - his knowledge of mankind appears universal . He dazzles us with elaborate displays of Gothic magni- ficence ; but is ...
... genius . From the knight to the miller , from the prioress to the wife of Bath , there is an ample range of character - his knowledge of mankind appears universal . He dazzles us with elaborate displays of Gothic magni- ficence ; but is ...
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... genius of imagination . But adverse to poetry as this new turn of study may have been , the troubles of the times were far more fatal to its success . Amidst the turbulence and fever of the civil wars the young spirit of intelligence ...
... genius of imagination . But adverse to poetry as this new turn of study may have been , the troubles of the times were far more fatal to its success . Amidst the turbulence and fever of the civil wars the young spirit of intelligence ...
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Æneid affections allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence ENGLISH POETRY eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stanza stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal
Passatges populars
Pàgina 38 - Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue, Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew: Nor did...
Pàgina 71 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they oerflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By...
Pàgina 99 - Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades.
Pàgina 101 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon. When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Pàgina 77 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Pàgina 39 - They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you ; you pattern of all those. Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away, As with your shadow I with these did play : XCIX.
Pàgina 103 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Pàgina 77 - Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay. Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like profuse kings, resumes the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes...
Pàgina 101 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
Pàgina 103 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.