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Walter Scott. THE MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT , BART . VOL . XVII . PERIODICAL CRITICISM . VOL . I. POETRY . EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND CO . PAUL'S WORK.
Walter Scott. THE MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT , BART . VOL . XVII . PERIODICAL CRITICISM . VOL . I. POETRY . EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND CO . PAUL'S WORK.
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... POETS . [ GEORGE ELLIS , ESQ . , to whom the 5th Canto of Marmion is inscribed , was the coadjutor of MESSRS CANNING and ... poetry , that a lumi- nous history of its rise and progress must necessa- rily involve more curious topics of ...
... POETS . [ GEORGE ELLIS , ESQ . , to whom the 5th Canto of Marmion is inscribed , was the coadjutor of MESSRS CANNING and ... poetry , that a lumi- nous history of its rise and progress must necessa- rily involve more curious topics of ...
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... poetry and of philosophy . The history of poetry is intimately connected with that of language . Authors in the infancy of composition , like Pope in that of life , may be said to " lisp in numbers . " History , religion , morality ...
... poetry and of philosophy . The history of poetry is intimately connected with that of language . Authors in the infancy of composition , like Pope in that of life , may be said to " lisp in numbers . " History , religion , morality ...
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... poetry . The error seems to lie in a total neglect of plan and system ; for , delighted with every interesting topic which occurred , the historical poet pursued it to its utmost verge , without considering that these digressions ...
... poetry . The error seems to lie in a total neglect of plan and system ; for , delighted with every interesting topic which occurred , the historical poet pursued it to its utmost verge , without considering that these digressions ...
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... poetry , which he has chosen to exhibit , is the famous war - song in praise of Athel- stane's victory in the battle ... poetry , determine what were the rules of their verse . Rhyme they had none ; their rhythm seems to have been ...
... poetry , which he has chosen to exhibit , is the famous war - song in praise of Athel- stane's victory in the battle ... poetry , determine what were the rules of their verse . Rhyme they had none ; their rhythm seems to have been ...
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Page 343 - STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me.
Page 86 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 247 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 332 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell...
Page 259 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 343 - Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy ! But unto us she hath a spell beyond Her name in story...
Page 342 - The foe, the fool, the jealous, and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others' pain, Behold the host ! delighting to deprave, Who track the steps of Glory to the grave, Watch...
Page 277 - Touch'd by the music, and the melting scene, Was scarce one tearless eye amidst the crowd : — Stern warriors, resting on their swords, were seen To veil their eyes, as pass'd each much-loved shroud, While woman's softer soul in woe dissolved aloud.
Page 285 - Though my perishing ranks should be strewed in their gore, Like ocean-weeds heaped on the surf-beaten shore, Lochiel, untainted by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in his bosom remains, Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, With his back to the field, and his feet to the foe ! And leaving in battle no blot on his name, Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame.
Page 278 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there, in desolation cold, The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each mouldering bone, And stones themselves to ruin grown, Like me, are death-like old.