Lectures on the English PoetsDent, 1908 - 327 páginas |
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... living , but of the dead . The temple of fame stands upon the grave : the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men . Fame itself is immortal , but it is not begot till the breath of genius is extinguished ...
... living , but of the dead . The temple of fame stands upon the grave : the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men . Fame itself is immortal , but it is not begot till the breath of genius is extinguished ...
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... living reputation cannot be equally imposing to the imagination with that which is covered and rendered vener- able with the hoar of innumerable ages . No modern production can have the same atmos- phere of sentiment around it as the ...
... living reputation cannot be equally imposing to the imagination with that which is covered and rendered vener- able with the hoar of innumerable ages . No modern production can have the same atmos- phere of sentiment around it as the ...
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... living authors , while it takes away all real relish or freedom of opinion with regard to their contemporaries , greatly enhances our respect for themselves . Poets are not ideal beings ; but have their prose - sides , like the com ...
... living authors , while it takes away all real relish or freedom of opinion with regard to their contemporaries , greatly enhances our respect for themselves . Poets are not ideal beings ; but have their prose - sides , like the com ...
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admiration affectation artificial Ballads beauty Beggar's Opera blank verse Boccaccio character Chaucer circumstances common critic death delight describes Dr Johnson dramatic epic poetry equal excellence Faery Queen fame fancy feeling flowers forms genius give grace hand happy hates hath heart Heaven hire human ical idea images imagination instance interest Knight's Tale labour language less lines living look Lord Byron Lordship Lycidas Lyrical Ballads manners Milton mind moral Muse nature never o'er objects painted Paradise Lost passion pathos perhaps persons pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise prose reader rhyme seem'd sense sentiment Shakespeare Shanter sing song soul sound Spenser spirit spring story style sublime sweet thee things thou thought tree truth verse wind wings words Wordsworth writer youth