The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke WhiteWilliam Pickering, 1830 - 252 páginas |
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... Genius of Romance To Midnight ..... 141 143 ....... 144 147 150 156 ..... 157 To Thought ....... 158 Genius ........ Fragment of an Ode to the Moon To the Muse ......... To Love ....... On Whit - Monday ......... . To the Wind , at ...
... Genius of Romance To Midnight ..... 141 143 ....... 144 147 150 156 ..... 157 To Thought ....... 158 Genius ........ Fragment of an Ode to the Moon To the Muse ......... To Love ....... On Whit - Monday ......... . To the Wind , at ...
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... genius and virtue requires to be relieved by more common and opposite qualities . Though this may be true as a principle , there are many exceptions ; and the life of HENRY KIRKE WHITE , whose merits were unalloyed by a single vice , is ...
... genius and virtue requires to be relieved by more common and opposite qualities . Though this may be true as a principle , there are many exceptions ; and the life of HENRY KIRKE WHITE , whose merits were unalloyed by a single vice , is ...
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... genius present , must either be deficient in skill , or be under the dominion of preposterous conceit . Few who have risen to eminence were , on the paternal side at least , of humbler origin than HENRY KIRKE WHITE , his father , John ...
... genius present , must either be deficient in skill , or be under the dominion of preposterous conceit . Few who have risen to eminence were , on the paternal side at least , of humbler origin than HENRY KIRKE WHITE , his father , John ...
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... genius for which he was afterwards distinguished . In his poem " Childhood , " he has graphically described the little school where , between the age of three and five , he enter'd , though with toil and pain , The low vestibule of ...
... genius for which he was afterwards distinguished . In his poem " Childhood , " he has graphically described the little school where , between the age of three and five , he enter'd , though with toil and pain , The low vestibule of ...
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... genius " as his theme , he addressed the assembly in an extemporaneous lecture of two hours and three - quarters duration , with so much success , that the audience unanimously voted him their thanks , declaring that " the society had ...
... genius " as his theme , he addressed the assembly in an extemporaneous lecture of two hours and three - quarters duration , with so much success , that the audience unanimously voted him their thanks , declaring that " the society had ...
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Términos y frases comunes
art thou beam beneath breast breath breeze calm CAPEL LOFFT charms cheek Clifton Grove clouds cold dark dear death deep delight Derry distant dost dreams drear dying faint fame fancy Fancy's fate feel fire flame folding star gale genius gleam gloom Gondoline grave happy harp Harvest Moon hath head hear heard heart Heaven HENRY KIRKE WHITE hollow honours hope hour life's light lonely loud lyre maid melancholy mind moon morn mortal mournful muse Neath never night o'er pale peace pensive poems poet Quatorzain reclined rest RIVER TRENT round scene shade sigh silent sing sleep slumbers smile soft solemn song SONNET soon soothe sorrow soul sound spirit Star of Bethlehem storm stream sweet tear tell thee thine thou thought throne twas wanderer wave weary weep wild winds wing Winteringham youth
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Página 215 - How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous, sweet, and fair.
Página 226 - 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 143 - Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and alone, Thy tender elegance So virtue blooms, brought forth amid the...
Página 176 - Come, Disappointment, come ! Not in thy terrors clad ; Come in thy meekest, saddest guise ; Thy chastening rod but terrifies The restless and the bad : But I recline Beneath thy shrine, And round my brow, resign'd, thy peaceful cypress twine.
Página 226 - Deep horror then my vitals froze, Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem ; When suddenly a star arose, — It was the Star of Bethlehem.
Página 177 - What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day, A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away: Man, soon discussed, Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust.
Página 224 - Thus while we dwell in this low scene, The Lamb is our unfailing screen ; To him, though guilty, still we run, And God still spares us for his Son.
Página 227 - It was my guide, my light, my all, it bade my dark forebodings cease ; and through the storm and danger's thrall it led me to the port of peace.
Página 126 - ... majestic in the varied swell; Now breathe melodious as the Grecian lyre, Or on the ear in sinking cadence dwell. Romantic sounds ! such is the bliss ye give, That heaven's bright scenes seem bursting on the soul, With joy I'd yield each sensual wish, to live For ever 'neath your undefiled control.
Página 43 - But soon inured to alphabetic toils, Alert I met the dame with jocund smiles ; First at the form, my task for ever true, A little...