 | William Allingham - 1893 - 396 oldal
...It begins thus : ' It was on the plains of Troy that I first conceived the idea of this Work. . . . Deeming myself, perchance too rashly, in that excited hour, a Poet, I cursed the destiny that had placed me in an age that boasted of being anti-poetical. And while my Fancy thus struggled with... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1906 - 366 oldal
...Literature. ' It was on the plains of Troy that I first conceived the idea of this work. Wandering over that illustrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes,...countries alike respond, which has vanquished chance and defied time. Deeming myself, perchance too rashly in that excited hour, a poet, I cursed the destiny... | |
 | Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1909 - 776 oldal
...work. Wandering over that illustrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes and by the confidence of poetic streams, my musing thoughts clustered round...rashly, in that excited hour, a Poet, I cursed the l[Heath't Picturesque Annual for 1832.] destiny that had placed me in an age that boasted of being... | |
 | Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1909 - 776 oldal
...work. Wandering over that illustrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes and by the confidence of poetic streams, my musing thoughts clustered round...rashly, in that excited hour, a Poet, I cursed the ^[Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1832.] destiny that had placed me in an age that boasted of being... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - 1910 - 468 oldal
...himself. It was in the plains of Troy that I first conceived the idea of this work. Wandering over that illustrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes...that excited hour a Poet, I cursed the destiny that had placed me in an age that boasted of being anti-poetical. And while my Fancy thus struggled with... | |
 | David Churchill Somervell - 1926 - 332 oldal
...preface to The Revolutionary Epick, "that I first conceived the idea of this work. Wandering over that illustrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes...that excited hour a Poet, I cursed the destiny that had placed me in an age that boasted of being antipoetical. And while my Fancy thus struggled with... | |
 | David Churchill Somervell - 1926 - 330 oldal
...Revolutionary Epick, "that I first conceived the idea of this work. Wandering over that ilhistrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes and by the...that excited hour a Poet, I cursed the destiny that had placed me in an age that boasted of being antipoetical. And while my Fancy thus struggled with... | |
 | 1864 - 732 oldal
...: " It was on the plains of Troy that I first conceived the idea of this work. Wandering over that illustrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes,...perchance too rashly, in that excited hour, a Poet, I &c. He expects that it will be largely successful, cursed the destiny that had placed me in an age... | |
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Wandering over that illustrious scene, surrounded by the tombs of heroes and by the confluence of poetic streams, my musing thoughts clustered round the memory of that immortal song, to which all creeds and countries alike respond, which has vanquished... 
