Milton's LycidasBlackie & son, limited, 1902 - 112 páginas |
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... means destitute of cul- He had , as Dr. Johnson says , more than common literature " , and was " eminent for his skill in music " . It was from him that the poet inherited his love for music2 and learned to play the organ . Although ...
... means destitute of cul- He had , as Dr. Johnson says , more than common literature " , and was " eminent for his skill in music " . It was from him that the poet inherited his love for music2 and learned to play the organ . Although ...
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... mean or high , Toward which Time leads me and the will of Heaven . All is , if I have grace to use it so , As ever in my great Task - master's eye . " The wish of his parents had been that Milton should take orders , but long before ...
... mean or high , Toward which Time leads me and the will of Heaven . All is , if I have grace to use it so , As ever in my great Task - master's eye . " The wish of his parents had been that Milton should take orders , but long before ...
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... means both " till rosy morn appears " , and " till my Alba comes crown'd with roses " ) : I suggest therefore that the lady's real name was Alba , or its diminutive , the name of the " noble pass " Albula ( the Albula flows into the ...
... means both " till rosy morn appears " , and " till my Alba comes crown'd with roses " ) : I suggest therefore that the lady's real name was Alba , or its diminutive , the name of the " noble pass " Albula ( the Albula flows into the ...
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... mean or high " , conscious that true fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil , nor in broad rumour lies , and that He who pronounces lastly on each deed is someone other than the literary critic . If there is anything for us to ...
... mean or high " , conscious that true fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil , nor in broad rumour lies , and that He who pronounces lastly on each deed is someone other than the literary critic . If there is anything for us to ...
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... means , the thing seems otherwise inexplicable ) , he undertook the tuition of her two sons , John and Edward ... mean employment " , he allows that teaching is " an act which no wise man will consider in itself as disgraceful " . 1 ...
... means , the thing seems otherwise inexplicable ) , he undertook the tuition of her two sons , John and Edward ... mean employment " , he allows that teaching is " an act which no wise man will consider in itself as disgraceful " . 1 ...
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Página 51 - Say there be; Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Página 70 - And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Página 45 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 67 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Página 66 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Página 65 - Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.
Página 69 - Herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw, The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim Wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Página 69 - Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Página 68 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are...
Página 13 - How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,' Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.