Oxford: A PoemS. Collingwood; pub. by Whittaker, London, 1831 - 258 páginas |
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... the skies ! Then vainly let the pow'rless sophist frown , To hide one ray of Oxford's fair renown , Or quote some verse to vindicate his cause , D Of scornful meaning at her mental laws.- Spirits have lived PART I. 25 OXFORD .
... the skies ! Then vainly let the pow'rless sophist frown , To hide one ray of Oxford's fair renown , Or quote some verse to vindicate his cause , D Of scornful meaning at her mental laws.- Spirits have lived PART I. 25 OXFORD .
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A Poem Robert Montgomery. Of scornful meaning at her mental laws.- Spirits have lived , who could not suffer chains ; The fire that fever'd their electric veins Burn'd all too restless for obedient thought , And hence the solace ...
A Poem Robert Montgomery. Of scornful meaning at her mental laws.- Spirits have lived , who could not suffer chains ; The fire that fever'd their electric veins Burn'd all too restless for obedient thought , And hence the solace ...
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... reign'd amid the realm of Mind alone , Nor left an equal to ascend his throne . How grandly deep , how tenderly divine ! The lofty meaning , the majestic line ! — A F 2 PART I. 51 OXFORD . Back to thy chamber didst thou darkly steal, ...
... reign'd amid the realm of Mind alone , Nor left an equal to ascend his throne . How grandly deep , how tenderly divine ! The lofty meaning , the majestic line ! — A F 2 PART I. 51 OXFORD . Back to thy chamber didst thou darkly steal, ...
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A Poem Robert Montgomery. The lofty meaning , the majestic line ! — A moral sweetness , a persuasive flow Of happy ... meaning show , As that which ages to a Johnson owe ! Descend from learning to the nearer view , Where Man 52 PART I ...
A Poem Robert Montgomery. The lofty meaning , the majestic line ! — A moral sweetness , a persuasive flow Of happy ... meaning show , As that which ages to a Johnson owe ! Descend from learning to the nearer view , Where Man 52 PART I ...
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... meaning for inductive thought , In baffled hope , the mind exhales away , Their each to - morrow , a renew'd to - day ! Too fiercely kindled by some loud applause , They burn for glory , but betray her cause .-- True fame is feeling ...
... meaning for inductive thought , In baffled hope , the mind exhales away , Their each to - morrow , a renew'd to - day ! Too fiercely kindled by some loud applause , They burn for glory , but betray her cause .-- True fame is feeling ...
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ador'd amid ancient Anthony Wood antiquary archbishop archbishop of Canterbury Balliol college beautiful Behold bishop bishop of Durham bishop of Lincoln bishop of Llandaff bloom bright character Christ Church clouds critic darkness deep delight divine Drawn by A.G.Vickers dream earth earthless England Engraved eternal fame fancy feeling flow'rs fond FOUNDED gaze genius gloom glory glow grand grandeur Hall hallow'd hath haunted heart Heaven Heber Hertford college historian honour hope hour Johnson learning light Lincoln Lincoln college living lord Magdalen magic master Latimer midnight mind Montgomery's nature never night NOTE o'er Oxford PEMBROKE COLLEGE Percy Heath poem poet poetical poetry pow'r Prelates pure Ridley Robert round scene scholars shadow sir John sir William smile soul sound spirit sublime sway swell temples thee Theophilus Gale thine thou thought throne thunder tow'r truth virtue wings wisdom writer youth
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Página 214 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Página 187 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Página 202 - Hie, dum sublimis versus ructatur et errat, Si veluti merulis intentus decidit auceps In puteum foveamve, licet, ' Succurrite,
Página 188 - Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed.
Página 217 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Página 223 - Twere well might Critics still this freedom take, But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares, tremendous, with a threat'ning eye, Like some fierce Tyrant in old tapestry.
Página 234 - Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights, Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine ; But search of deep Philosophy, Wit, Eloquence, and Poetry, Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Página 195 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among...
Página 213 - Wo to her stubborn heart, if once mine come Into the self-same room, 'Twill tear and blow up all within, Like a grenado shot into a magazin. Then shall Love keep the ashes, and torn parts, Of both our broken hearts : Shall out of both one new one make ; From her's th" allay; from mine, the metal take.
Página 194 - A poet, while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing in their praises. When his fame is increased by time, it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition ; the dews of morning are past, and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendor.