The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed, 2. kötetRoberts, 1864 |
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19. oldal
... young merchant should reasonably have a portrait of some eminent merchant before his eyes , with some other , not far off , to hinder him from acknowledging no merit but in riches . Or he might select a mer- chant of such a character as ...
... young merchant should reasonably have a portrait of some eminent merchant before his eyes , with some other , not far off , to hinder him from acknowledging no merit but in riches . Or he might select a mer- chant of such a character as ...
27. oldal
... young bishop begins over - emulating the older one ( for they were both prelates together ) , trying to imitate his staid manners and deliberate style of preaching ; and then St. Francis reproves him again , joking as well as reasoning ...
... young bishop begins over - emulating the older one ( for they were both prelates together ) , trying to imitate his staid manners and deliberate style of preaching ; and then St. Francis reproves him again , joking as well as reasoning ...
49. oldal
... Young students of poetry may , in this image alone , see what imagination is , under one of its most poetical forms , and how thoroughly it " tells . " There is no part of it unfitting . It is not applicable in one point , and the ...
... Young students of poetry may , in this image alone , see what imagination is , under one of its most poetical forms , and how thoroughly it " tells . " There is no part of it unfitting . It is not applicable in one point , and the ...
52. oldal
... Young virgins might have visions of delight ; And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honeyed middle of the night , If ceremonies due they did aright : As , supperless to bed they must retire , And couch supine their ...
... Young virgins might have visions of delight ; And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honeyed middle of the night , If ceremonies due they did aright : As , supperless to bed they must retire , And couch supine their ...
53. oldal
... young Porphyro , with heart on fire For Madeline . Beside the portal doors , Buttressed from moonlight , stands he , and implores All saints to give him sight of Madeline But for one moment in the tedious hours , That he might gaze ...
... young Porphyro , with heart on fire For Madeline . Beside the portal doors , Buttressed from moonlight , stands he , and implores All saints to give him sight of Madeline But for one moment in the tedious hours , That he might gaze ...
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56. oldal - Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow, and in his pained heart Made purple riot: then doth he propose A stratagem that makes the beldame start: "A cruel man and impious thou art...
97. oldal - HOW oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand, Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap, At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
60. oldal - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
58. oldal - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
53. oldal - Fix'd on the floor, saw many a sweeping train Pass by — she heeded not at all: in vain Came many a tiptoe, amorous cavalier, And back retir'd; not cool'd by high disdain, But she saw not: her heart was otherwhere: She sigh'd for Agnes' dreams, the sweetest of the year.
63. oldal - These delicates he heaped with glowing hand On golden dishes and in baskets bright Of wreathed silver : sumptuous they stand In the retired quiet of the night, Filling the chilly room with perfume light. — ' And now, my love, my seraph fair, awake ! Thou art my heaven, and I thine eremite : Open thine eyes, for meek St. Agnes' sake, Or I shall drowse beside thec, so my soul doth ache.
48. oldal - Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold; Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seemed taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith.
77. oldal - The village-clock tolled six— I wheeled about, Proud and exulting like an untired horse That cares not for his home. — All shod with steel We hissed along the polished ice, in games Confederate...
54. oldal - Ah, happy chance! the aged creature came, Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand, To where he stood, hid from the torch's flame, Behind a broad hall-pillar, far beyond The sound of merriment and chorus bland...
52. oldal - The silver, snarling trumpets 'gan to chide : The level chambers, ready with their pride, Were glowing to receive a thousand guests : The carved angels, ever eager-eyed, Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests, With hair blown back, and wings put cross-wise on their breasts.