The Complete Works of Henry Kirke White: With an Account of His LifeJ. H. A. Frost, 1829 - 420 páginas |
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... idea of possessing poetic genius , when in fact I had only the longing with- out the afflatus . I mustered resolution enough , however , to write spiritedly to them : their answer , in the ensu- ing number , was a tacit acknowledgement ...
... idea of possessing poetic genius , when in fact I had only the longing with- out the afflatus . I mustered resolution enough , however , to write spiritedly to them : their answer , in the ensu- ing number , was a tacit acknowledgement ...
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... pleasure now no more , And every stump familiar to my sight Recalls some fond idea of delight . 20 This shrubby knoll was once my favorite seat ; Here did I love at evening to retreat , " And muse alone , till in the vault of.
... pleasure now no more , And every stump familiar to my sight Recalls some fond idea of delight . 20 This shrubby knoll was once my favorite seat ; Here did I love at evening to retreat , " And muse alone , till in the vault of.
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... idea how beneficial this would be to yourself ; and that you are able to do it I am certain . One of the greatest impediments to good writing , is the thinking too much before you note down . This , I think , you are not entirely free ...
... idea how beneficial this would be to yourself ; and that you are able to do it I am certain . One of the greatest impediments to good writing , is the thinking too much before you note down . This , I think , you are not entirely free ...
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... idea ; you conceive that a work of four volumes would require the labors of a life to read through ; you persuade yourself that you cannot retain what you read , and in despair do not attempt to conquer these visionary impediments ...
... idea ; you conceive that a work of four volumes would require the labors of a life to read through ; you persuade yourself that you cannot retain what you read , and in despair do not attempt to conquer these visionary impediments ...
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... idea was from the shriek of Death ( personified ) and the scream of the dying man . ELEGY Occasioned by the Death of Mr. Gill who was drowned in the River Trent , while bathing , 9th August , 1802 . 1 . He sunk - th ' impetuous river ...
... idea was from the shriek of Death ( personified ) and the scream of the dying man . ELEGY Occasioned by the Death of Mr. Gill who was drowned in the River Trent , while bathing , 9th August , 1802 . 1 . He sunk - th ' impetuous river ...
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art thou bliss breast BROTHER NEVILLE calm Capel Lofft Catton charms Christian Clifton Grove dark DEAR NEVILLE death delight divine dost eternal fear feel gale genius give gloom Gondoline grace grave Greek H. K. WHITE hand happy harp hear heard heart Heaven Henry HENRY KIRKE WHITE holy Honington honors hope hour JOHN CHARLESWORTH John's JOSIAH CONder leave letter light live lonely lyre melancholy mind moon morning mortal mother mournful muse nature never night Nottingham o'er pain pale peace pensive pleasure poems poet prayer Pythagoras Quatorzain religion round scene sigh silent sing sleep smile solemn song sonnet soon sorrow soul sound spirit sublime sweet tear tell thee thine things thou thought throne tion vale verses virtues wandering wave weep wild winds Winteringham wish write written young youth
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Página 346 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Página 126 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Página 124 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Página 196 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle...
Página 123 - LORD, another day is flown, And we, a lonely band, Are met once more before thy throne, To bless thy fostering hand. And wilt thou bend a listening ear, To praises low as ours ? Thou wilt ! for thou dost love to hear The song which meekness pours.
Página 353 - Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd ' Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in heaven a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those...
Página 282 - We know whom we have believed, and are persuaded that he is able to keep that which we have committed unto him against that day.
Página 80 - twill well contain The ideal flights of Madam Brain. No dungeon's walls, no cell confined, Can cramp the energies of mind ! I've friends, and 'twill contain them all ; And should it e'er become so cold That these it will no longer hold, No more may Heaven her blessings give, I shall not then be fit to live. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE.
Página 128 - IT is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am all alone. In woods and glens I love to roam, When the tired hedger hies him home, Or by the woodland pool to rest, When pale the star looks on its breast. Yet when the silent evening sighs, With hallowed airs and symphonies, My spirit takes another tone, And sighs that it is all alone.
Página 352 - Graces breathe, And happiest art adorn his Attic page; Yet does my mind with sweeter transport glow, As at the root of mossy trunk reclin'd, In magic SPENSER'S wildly-warbled song I see deserted Una wander wide Thro...