Specimens of American Poetry: With Critical and Biographical Notices. In Three Volumes, Volume 1S.G. Goodrich and Company, 1829 - 401 pagina's |
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... inspire An active brain with a mercurial fire . The muses hence their ample dews distil , More than was feigned from the twy - topt hill . And if those witty men that have us told Strange tales of mountains in the days of old , Had they ...
... inspire An active brain with a mercurial fire . The muses hence their ample dews distil , More than was feigned from the twy - topt hill . And if those witty men that have us told Strange tales of mountains in the days of old , Had they ...
Pagina 68
... inspire ; let judgment hold the reins , And curb my fancy's fierce unruly fire , Which else would , wild , to boundless flights aspire . May I not write too little , or too much , But paint with care , not with a hasty touch . May all ...
... inspire ; let judgment hold the reins , And curb my fancy's fierce unruly fire , Which else would , wild , to boundless flights aspire . May I not write too little , or too much , But paint with care , not with a hasty touch . May all ...
Pagina 74
... inspire My soul with more than vulgar fire . If sweet Euterpe give her flute , And Polyhymnia lend her lute- If you the deathless bays bestow , And by applauses make them grow , Toward the stars my winged fame Shall fly , and strike the ...
... inspire My soul with more than vulgar fire . If sweet Euterpe give her flute , And Polyhymnia lend her lute- If you the deathless bays bestow , And by applauses make them grow , Toward the stars my winged fame Shall fly , and strike the ...
Pagina 83
... inspire ; the worst , The basest of the sons of men , whose joy Was murther , whose delight was death , who thought , Mankind was destined only to adore Their transient glories , live upon their breath ; Who laugh'd at justice ...
... inspire ; the worst , The basest of the sons of men , whose joy Was murther , whose delight was death , who thought , Mankind was destined only to adore Their transient glories , live upon their breath ; Who laugh'd at justice ...
Pagina 96
... inspire . Close at her feet a bard in raptures lost , Was placed , and wildly round his eyeballs toss'd ; Great Fancy was the theme ! the soothing train In floods of pleasure thrill'd through every vein . Thus , while the trembling ...
... inspire . Close at her feet a bard in raptures lost , Was placed , and wildly round his eyeballs toss'd ; Great Fancy was the theme ! the soothing train In floods of pleasure thrill'd through every vein . Thus , while the trembling ...
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Specimens of American Poetry: With Critical and Biographical ..., Volume 1 Samuel Kettell Volledige weergave - 1829 |
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Pagina xxv - When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth, though old, still clad in green, The stones and trees insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greenness then do fade, A spring returns, and they more youthful made. But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.
Pagina 246 - Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies...
Pagina 48 - A crime it is, therefore in bliss You may not hope to dwell But unto you I shall allow The easiest room in hell.
Pagina ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina 173 - Where still, as opening sense her dictates wrote, Fair virtue put a seal, or vice a blot. The thought was happy, pertinent, and true; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I (can you pardon my presumption?) I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use.
Pagina xxiii - I heard the merry grashopper then sing, The black clad Cricket, bear a second part, They kept one tune, and plaid on the same string, Seeming to glory in their little Art.
Pagina 194 - No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law...
Pagina 204 - With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began, I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded, The distant wood, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded. The fish below swam to and fro, Attacked from every quarter ; " Why, sure," thought they, " the devil's to pay 'Mongst folks above the water.
Pagina xxvii - The dawning morn with songs thou dost prevent, Sets hundred notes unto thy feathered crew, So each one tunes his pretty instrument And, warbling out the old, begins anew; And thus they pass their youth in summer season, Then follow thee into a better Region, Where winter's never felt by that sweet airy legion.
Pagina 42 - No heart so bold, but now grows cold And almost dead with fear: No eye so dry, but now can cry, And pour out many a tear. Earth's potentates and pow'rful states, Captains and men of might Are quite abasht, their courage dasht At this most dreadful sight.