The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his poetry; by the Rev. John MitfordJ. Mawman, 1816 |
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الصفحة xxvi
... opinion of his friends . He mentions a remark upon it by Dr. Hurd ; and he had recourse to the judgement of Mr ... opinions which he entertained of his poetical contemporaries , I shall extract from the letter to his friend , in as short ...
... opinion of his friends . He mentions a remark upon it by Dr. Hurd ; and he had recourse to the judgement of Mr ... opinions which he entertained of his poetical contemporaries , I shall extract from the letter to his friend , in as short ...
الصفحة xxxii
... opinion of his poetical talents , than many of his lyrical productions would have done . I speak of the generality ; for it is a certain fact , that their taste is founded upon the ten syllable couplet of Dryden and Pope , and of these ...
... opinion of his poetical talents , than many of his lyrical productions would have done . I speak of the generality ; for it is a certain fact , that their taste is founded upon the ten syllable couplet of Dryden and Pope , and of these ...
الصفحة xxxiv
... vol . ii . p . 363 . The Ode to Obscurity was directed chiefly against Gray ; that to Oblivion against Mason . See Lloyd's Poems , vol . i . p . 120 . The humour of these poems , in my opinion , xxxiv THE LIFE OF GRAY .
... vol . ii . p . 363 . The Ode to Obscurity was directed chiefly against Gray ; that to Oblivion against Mason . See Lloyd's Poems , vol . i . p . 120 . The humour of these poems , in my opinion , xxxiv THE LIFE OF GRAY .
الصفحة xxxv
Thomas Gray, John Mitford. The humour of these poems , in my opinion , has been much over- praised . Like all other productions of a personal and satirical nature , their subject ensured to them a short period of popularity . We know ...
Thomas Gray, John Mitford. The humour of these poems , in my opinion , has been much over- praised . Like all other productions of a personal and satirical nature , their subject ensured to them a short period of popularity . We know ...
الصفحة xlviii
... opinions of Gray , H. Walpole says he never rightly understood : " sometimes he seemed inclined to the side of autho- rity , and sometimes to that of the people . " Mr. Mason has mentioned nothing concerning any singularity in his ...
... opinions of Gray , H. Walpole says he never rightly understood : " sometimes he seemed inclined to the side of autho- rity , and sometimes to that of the people . " Mr. Mason has mentioned nothing concerning any singularity in his ...
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الصفحة 16 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
الصفحة 107 - The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
الصفحة 123 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
الصفحة 119 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
الصفحة 116 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
الصفحة clxvi - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
الصفحة 122 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
الصفحة 112 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
الصفحة 34 - Slow melting strains their queen's approach declare: Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move 40 The bloom of young desire and purple light of love.
الصفحة 117 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.