Practical English Prosody and Versification: Or, Descriptions of the Different Species of English Verse, with Exercises in Scanning and Versification ... Calculated to Produce Correctness of Ear and Taste in Reading and Writing Poetry ...Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816 - 261 pagina's |
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Pagina 82
... bosom to disguise . 53 Wild fancy forms unnumber'd woes : To end his life the maniac goes ..... Forward I rush'd , and seis'd his arm , And forc'd him back , secure from harm . 54- England . O happy isle ! thy fertile plains Repay with ...
... bosom to disguise . 53 Wild fancy forms unnumber'd woes : To end his life the maniac goes ..... Forward I rush'd , and seis'd his arm , And forc'd him back , secure from harm . 54- England . O happy isle ! thy fertile plains Repay with ...
Pagina 97
... . 170 The wretch shook with thrilling horror ; Pale his look , and loose ev'ry joint . 171 Lend to wiser heads attention , And from a friend learn this lesson . 172 Still share my bosom with the Muse , And I Versification . 97.
... . 170 The wretch shook with thrilling horror ; Pale his look , and loose ev'ry joint . 171 Lend to wiser heads attention , And from a friend learn this lesson . 172 Still share my bosom with the Muse , And I Versification . 97.
Pagina 98
... bosom with the Muse , And soothe corroding care to peace . 173 So shall he discern right from wrong , And learn mercy from oppression . 174 Be thou the vessel's guide , kind heav'n : Divide the whelming waves for her . 175 Thy kindness ...
... bosom with the Muse , And soothe corroding care to peace . 173 So shall he discern right from wrong , And learn mercy from oppression . 174 Be thou the vessel's guide , kind heav'n : Divide the whelming waves for her . 175 Thy kindness ...
Pagina 100
... 200 The Lesbian lute can charm no more , Nor warm my once - panting bosom . 201 Not that those prizes shine with me ; For neither fame is mine , nor wealth . 202 Ask , of heav'n , virtue , health , 100 Versification .
... 200 The Lesbian lute can charm no more , Nor warm my once - panting bosom . 201 Not that those prizes shine with me ; For neither fame is mine , nor wealth . 202 Ask , of heav'n , virtue , health , 100 Versification .
Pagina 139
... gentler gales came ; And hope cheer'd our bosoms again : We trimm'd our tatter'd sails gaily ; And England's coast appear'd at length . 358 On the Gallic shore soon landed , And allow'd to roam on parole , Hope once more Versification .
... gentler gales came ; And hope cheer'd our bosoms again : We trimm'd our tatter'd sails gaily ; And England's coast appear'd at length . 358 On the Gallic shore soon landed , And allow'd to roam on parole , Hope once more Versification .
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accent adjective Aloë altered alternate rhime amarantine Anacreon anapæst ănd beams beauty blest bloom bosom breast breath Briareus cæsura charms cheer clouds dactyl diphthong double rhime Dryden earth eight syllables English English poetry ev'ry example fair feet flow'rs foot French gale glows Greek grief grove heart heav'n Hypermeter hyphen Iambic metre Iambic verses Iambics of eight Iambus lable language Latin licence light lyre maid metre mind Muse nature night o'er Patroclus peace plain pleasures poet poetic poetry Pope pow'r preterite prey pronounced pronunciation Prosody Pyrrhic round scanned scenes shade shed shine shore short sigh single syllable sleep smile soft song sooth sorrow soul sound spondee spring stanzas stream subjunctive mood sweet synæresis syncope tear termination thee thou tribrachys trisyllabic Trochaïc Trochee un-accented syllable vale verbs versification virtue wild word young readers youth
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Pagina 232 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Pagina 233 - Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Pagina 195 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Pagina 19 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
Pagina v - T' arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious...
Pagina 81 - His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage ; In summer's heat and winter's cold He fed his flock and penn'd the fold : His hours in cheerful labour flew. Nor envy nor ambition knew : His wisdom and his honest fame Through all the country rais'd his name.
Pagina 232 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Pagina 73 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Pagina 32 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind nature the embryo blossom will save.