Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 27W. Blackwood & Sons, 1830 |
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Page 54
... poet's meaning - of actually creating new ideas , as if the poet's mantle had descended on the player - does itself deserve the name of poetry . What a pity that its creations should be so evanescent - dying with the tone or gesture ...
... poet's meaning - of actually creating new ideas , as if the poet's mantle had descended on the player - does itself deserve the name of poetry . What a pity that its creations should be so evanescent - dying with the tone or gesture ...
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... poet of our own day observes : - " A potent wand does sorrow wield ; * * * * Repentance is a tender sprite , If aught on earth have heavenly might , ' Tis lodg'd within her silent tear . " WORDSWORTH . And the same great poet affirms ...
... poet of our own day observes : - " A potent wand does sorrow wield ; * * * * Repentance is a tender sprite , If aught on earth have heavenly might , ' Tis lodg'd within her silent tear . " WORDSWORTH . And the same great poet affirms ...
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... poet , which she took in her hand , and walked away with , ram- bling about , and , ever and anon , turn- ing to the page she held open . She had just reached the most retired and beautiful part of the lake , when she was met by one ...
... poet , which she took in her hand , and walked away with , ram- bling about , and , ever and anon , turn- ing to the page she held open . She had just reached the most retired and beautiful part of the lake , when she was met by one ...
Page 79
... poet , on that account ; so I must not have you come and suggest fresh criticisms against him . I ver got through the last poem , having , to say truth , been disgusted in the outset , so I know not the part to which you allude ...
... poet , on that account ; so I must not have you come and suggest fresh criticisms against him . I ver got through the last poem , having , to say truth , been disgusted in the outset , so I know not the part to which you allude ...
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... poet - and with us , for a few pages , to consider the Age as the work of a man . Indeed , we cannot help being rather ashamed of ourselves for having made any allu- sion to it at all , however distant ; for pray , what has the world at ...
... poet - and with us , for a few pages , to consider the Age as the work of a man . Indeed , we cannot help being rather ashamed of ourselves for having made any allu- sion to it at all , however distant ; for pray , what has the world at ...
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Page 140 - Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out By help of dreams, can breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our Minds, into the Mind of Man, My haunt, and the main region of my song.
Page 448 - Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Page 109 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Page 225 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever...
Page 66 - Gordon ; and every day, from the rising up of the sun to the going down of the same, pray for his health and vigour.
Page 154 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 412 - Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move : Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love! My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone ; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone...
Page 41 - To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way...
Page 153 - Nor martial shout, nor minstrel tone, Announced their march, their tread alone : At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne, King James did rushing come...
Page 443 - People have wondered at the melancholy which runs through my writings. Others have wondered at my personal gaiety. But I recollect once, after an hour in which I had been sincerely and particularly gay and rather brilliant, in company, my wife replying to me when I said (upon her remarking my high spirits), ' And yet, Bell, I have been called and miscalled melancholy — you must have seen how falsely, frequently ? ' — ' No, Byron,' she answered, ' it is not so : at heart you are the most melancholy...