 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 362 страници
...live, Are done before all time in th' other life." And Shelley has it in one of his prose pieces :— " Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration...shadows which futurity casts upon the present." The next example is the line in " Gertrude of Wyoming:"— " But stock-doves plaining thro' its gloom profound;"... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 страници
...for every bad one — a double pledge for excellence. Poets have been thus described by a poet : " The hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration ;...gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present."* Who does not recall ||00b's beautiful lines on the votaries of the muse ? " Blessings, be with them,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 страници
...; How noiseless falls the foot of time,f That only treads on flowers. Lines to Lady A. Hamilton. * Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration;...gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present. — SHELLEY. A Defence of Poetrg. t Noiseless foot of time. All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Se.... | |
 | 1868 - 594 страници
...on THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE. 183 Poetry, Shelley more fully developes this sentiment, and says: — " Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration...mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts on the present; the words which express what they understand not; the trumpet that sounds to battle,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 страници
...Ibid. Part iii. Stan2a i. The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below. Ibid. Part iii. Stan2a 5. * Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration...gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present. — SHELLEY. A Defence of Poetry. There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin ; The dew on his thin... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 страници
...for civil and religious liberty. Tho most unfailing herald, companion, and follower of the awakening ). pootry. At auch periods there ia an accumulation of the power of communicating and receiving intense... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 страници
...Uohenlinden. There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin ; The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill ! 1 Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration...gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present. — Shelley, A Defenee of Poetry. For his country he sighed, when at twilight repairing, To wander... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 страници
...life gives me mystical lore ; And coming events cast their shadows before. CAMPBELL: LochieVs Warning. Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration...gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present. — SHELLEY: Defence of Poetry. A similar form of expression occurs in PAUL'S Epistle to the Hebrews,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 страници
...the stormy winds do blow : When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. ibid. 1 Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration...gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present. — Shelley, A Defence of The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn ; Till danger's troubled... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 страници
...for civil and religious liberty. The most unfailing herald, companion, and follower of the awakening of a great people to work a beneficial change in opinion or institution, is poetry. At such periods there is an accumulation of the power of communicating and receiving intense and impassioned... | |
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The most unfailing herald, companion, and follower of the awakening of a great people to work a beneficial change in opinion or institution, is poetry. 
