The World's Best Poetry ...J. D. Morris, 1904 |
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... emotions , all our sensations and hopes and fears . They will reveal and embody in themselves all the traits of our complex nature . Art is that lovely corporeal body with which man endowers the spirit of goodness THE PURPOSE OF POETRY .
... emotions , all our sensations and hopes and fears . They will reveal and embody in themselves all the traits of our complex nature . Art is that lovely corporeal body with which man endowers the spirit of goodness THE PURPOSE OF POETRY .
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... ligion . Great art appears wherever the heart of man has been able to manifest itself in a per- fectly beautiful guise , informed by thoughts of radiant truth , and inspired by emotions of limit- less THE PURPOSE OF POETRY . xi.
... ligion . Great art appears wherever the heart of man has been able to manifest itself in a per- fectly beautiful guise , informed by thoughts of radiant truth , and inspired by emotions of limit- less THE PURPOSE OF POETRY . xi.
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radiant truth , and inspired by emotions of limit- less goodness . Any piece of art which does not fulfill its ... emotion must always be appealed to , as well as our sense of beauty . For instance , I am to be entranced by the beau ...
radiant truth , and inspired by emotions of limit- less goodness . Any piece of art which does not fulfill its ... emotion must always be appealed to , as well as our sense of beauty . For instance , I am to be entranced by the beau ...
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... emotions profoundly ; but it cannot appeal to my mind in the way poetry does . On the other hand poetry itself is less strictly rational than prose literature ; it does not attempt to satisfy our curiosity as completely as prose does ...
... emotions profoundly ; but it cannot appeal to my mind in the way poetry does . On the other hand poetry itself is less strictly rational than prose literature ; it does not attempt to satisfy our curiosity as completely as prose does ...
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... emotions in any way . Eu- clid does not care whether you like his XLVIII . proposition or not , so long as he can convince you that it is true . Neither does Darwin care whether his theory pleases you or not . He is only interested in ...
... emotions in any way . Eu- clid does not care whether you like his XLVIII . proposition or not , so long as he can convince you that it is true . Neither does Darwin care whether his theory pleases you or not . He is only interested in ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ain fireside Alice Cary artistic auld lang syne Baby Baby Bell Bell Ben Bolt Beware birds blessed bliss BLISS CARMAN Blynken Bouillabaisse breast breath bright brown CALLIMACHUS CASSIUS child dear delight doth dream earth EDWARD SANFORD eyes face fair feel feet flowers Friendship give grow hair hand happy head hear heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW industrial arts JEAN INGELOW John KALIDASA kiss knot of blue laugh light lips literature little birdie live looks love of beauty Max and Maurice mee-ow merry mind morning mother never night o'er play pleasure poetry poets ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON rose round rug-maker sigh sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound Struwwelpeter sweet tears thee There's things thou thought tinkle tree truth voice weary wild WILLIAM wind words young youth
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Página 237 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's •waste...
Página lxvi - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown: May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Página lxviii - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies.
Página lxi - My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. " The first that died was little Jane ; In bed she moaning lay.
Página 247 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Página 11 - When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand.
Página 1 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Página 208 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace...
Página lxv - I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away...
Página 167 - Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters...