 the thing of things In shape, material, and dimension ! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful invention ! " So said, so done ; the chords he strained, And, as his fingers o'er them hovered, The shell disdained a soul had gained, The lyre...  A fable for critics. The unhappy lot of Mr. Knott. Fragments of an ... - Страница 174по James Russell Lowell - 1890Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 страници
...shape, material, and dimension I Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful invention I " So said, so done ; the chords he strained, And, as...Dead shell, of soul and thought forsaken, Brought wo but eyes like Mercury's, In tbec what songs should waken I NEW-YEAR'S EVE. 1850. is the midnight... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 страници
...shape, material, and dimension! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful invention!" rv. So said, so done ; the chords he strained, And, as...eyes like Mercury's, In thee what songs should waken! VL— TREATMENT OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES. MY LORDS — I rise with astonishment to see these papers... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 страници
...shape, material, and dimension l Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful invention I " So said, so done ; the chords he strained, And, as...eyes like Mercury's, In thee what songs should waken l 38a NEW YEARNS EVE. rt^—FOR AN AUTOGRAPH. NEW YEAR'S EVE. 1850. THIS is the midnight of the century,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 страници
...And, having mused upon it, " Why, here," cried he, " the thing of In shape, material, and dimension ! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful...In thee what songs should waken ! NEW-YEAR'S EVE. 18SO. THIS is the midnight of the century, — hark ! Through aisle and arch of Godminster have gone... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 страници
...having mused upon it, "Why, here," cried he, "the thing of things In shape, material, and dimension ! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful...In thee what songs should waken ! NEW-YEAR'S EVE. I850. THIS is the midnight of the century, — hark ! Through aisle and arch of Godminster have gone... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 страници
...having mused upon it, " Why, here," cried he, " the thing of things In shape, material, and dimension ! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful...disdained a soul had gained, The lyre had been discovered. О empty world that round us lies, Dead shell, of soul and thought forsaken, Brought we but eyes like... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 страници
...shape, material, and dimension! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, — A wonderful invention ! " 4. So said, so done ; the chords he strained, And, as...eyes like Mercury's, In thee what songs should waken ! James Russell Lowell. LESSON 122. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 страници
...And, having mused upon it, " Whv, here," cried he, " the thing of In shape, material, and dimension ! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful...disdained a soul had gained, The lyre had been discovered. О empty world that round us lies. Dead shell, of soul and thought forsaken, Brought we but eyes like... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 страници
...having mused upon it, " Why, here," cried he, " the thing of things In shape, material, and dimension ! Give it but strings, and, lo, it sings, A wonderful...eyes like Mercury's, In thee what songs should waken ! NEW YEAR'S EVE. 1850. THIS is the midnight of the century, — hark ! Through aisle and arch of Godminster... | |
 | 1884 - 506 страници
...upon it: ' Why. here,' cried he, ' the thing of thing^. In shape, material, and dimension! Give it hut strings, and, lo it sings, A wonderful invention !...a soul had gained, The lyre had been discovered." The simplest wind-instruments were made of bone or reeds. A whistle would invariably be invented by... | |
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