Italy: a poem. With historical and classical notes |
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... dust , that mocks the will which would with fate contend . XI . Frail plaything of the hour ! yet there he toils For life , as if the feverish dream could last ; And , though the weight of truth on him recoils , His pride still rallies ...
... dust , that mocks the will which would with fate contend . XI . Frail plaything of the hour ! yet there he toils For life , as if the feverish dream could last ; And , though the weight of truth on him recoils , His pride still rallies ...
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... curse , shall then Become the sweet Avenger of the past : Nations whom thou hast humanised to men , Shall raise thee from the dust , and own thy powers again . XVI . Enter yon street of palaces and towers : 10 FLORENCE .
... curse , shall then Become the sweet Avenger of the past : Nations whom thou hast humanised to men , Shall raise thee from the dust , and own thy powers again . XVI . Enter yon street of palaces and towers : 10 FLORENCE .
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... dust of ages cast : Yet should'st not thou our common lot repine , Thou , who didst body a form more divine Than e'er shaped Nature in her happiest mood ; Wrapt in her life , we cease to think of thine : But this is ever man's ...
... dust of ages cast : Yet should'st not thou our common lot repine , Thou , who didst body a form more divine Than e'er shaped Nature in her happiest mood ; Wrapt in her life , we cease to think of thine : But this is ever man's ...
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... dust he loved : To him who hath immortal longings , none , Save thou , can'st show what he would look upon ; The Dead - the immortal - and the infinite , Where time and life are swallowed in the One ! The Realm of Shadows - the waste ...
... dust he loved : To him who hath immortal longings , none , Save thou , can'st show what he would look upon ; The Dead - the immortal - and the infinite , Where time and life are swallowed in the One ! The Realm of Shadows - the waste ...
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... , On his supporting arm uprising slow ; Beneath his eyes clouds part like banners furled , While , frowning , he looks down upon the prostrate world ! XLVI . Altar of human dust ! whose memories Shall THE DAY AND NIGHT . 25.
... , On his supporting arm uprising slow ; Beneath his eyes clouds part like banners furled , While , frowning , he looks down upon the prostrate world ! XLVI . Altar of human dust ! whose memories Shall THE DAY AND NIGHT . 25.
Често срещани думи и фрази
Æneid ages Altar arch of Titus awful azure beautiful Behold beneath blessed bosom breast breath brow Cæsar Caligula CANTO Carthage Cicero Clouds confessed crowned Cuma dared dark death divine dost doth dream dust dwells earth eloquent eternal fame feel felt Florence flowers gaze glory grey hath heart heaven hills hope hour hues human immortal impression inspired Italy life's light Liternum living look Lord Byron majesty marble memory Messalina Michael Angelo mighty mind moral mountains Naples Nature Nature's o'er once Paradise passion Phædo Plato Poet Pompeii pride Ravenna rays repose rise rolled Roman Rome round ruins scene shadows shore shrine sigh silence solitude Sorrento soul spirit spot stamped stand stood sublime Suetonius Tacitus Temple thee thine thou thought throne Tiberius tomb truth Vallombrosa Venetian Venice Virgil Vision Voice wert wild wreck
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Страница 475 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, the fair humanities of old religion, the power, the beauty, and the majesty that had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished : they live no longer in the faith of reason...
Страница 463 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Страница 495 - Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate...
Страница 376 - Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered : as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
Страница 378 - The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I have any.
Страница 387 - Thou shalt go upon the lion and the adder ; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.
Страница 378 - For the world, I count it not an inn, but an hospital ; and a place not to live, but to die in. The world that I regard is myself; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I cast mine eye on; for the other, I use it but like my globe, and turn it round sometimes for my recreation.
Страница 495 - ... but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but, the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world together.
Страница 378 - ... whilst I study to find how I am a microcosm or little world, I find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements and owes no homage unto the sun.
Страница 432 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...