A Criticism on the Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard: Being a Continuation of Dr. J----n's Criticism on the Poems of GrayG. Wilkie, 1783 - 90 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 9
Seite xv
... beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour : The path of glory leads but to the grave . X. Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise ; Where , through the ...
... beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour : The path of glory leads but to the grave . X. Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise ; Where , through the ...
Seite 27
... Beauty is forced awkwardly into the company of thefe fcoffers . As fhe was no accomplice in their mockery , fhe is unjustly , as well as un- politely , involved in their mortification . Of the third line the expreflion is faulty ...
... Beauty is forced awkwardly into the company of thefe fcoffers . As fhe was no accomplice in their mockery , fhe is unjustly , as well as un- politely , involved in their mortification . Of the third line the expreflion is faulty ...
Seite 28
... beauty ; or do they await it ? Both modes of phrafeology have examples in our language . Even as the wretch , condemn'd to lofe his life , Awaits the falling of the murderous knife ; is faid by Fairfax . But the other is the more ...
... beauty ; or do they await it ? Both modes of phrafeology have examples in our language . Even as the wretch , condemn'd to lofe his life , Awaits the falling of the murderous knife ; is faid by Fairfax . But the other is the more ...
Seite 34
... beauty " and fragrance are loft , on account of the " desert in which it grows . " It is nothing to the illuftration of the former pofition , that the flower blushes unfeen ; or that the gem may grow where no hand can reach it . Had the ...
... beauty " and fragrance are loft , on account of the " desert in which it grows . " It is nothing to the illuftration of the former pofition , that the flower blushes unfeen ; or that the gem may grow where no hand can reach it . Had the ...
Seite 41
... beauty , and to the Day pleasure t . When he has thus finish- ed off his goddefs , he may think of introdu- cing her into company ; and , whatever be the fate of her gentleman ufher , the Goddefs is fure of being well received by thofe ...
... beauty , and to the Day pleasure t . When he has thus finish- ed off his goddefs , he may think of introdu- cing her into company ; and , whatever be the fate of her gentleman ufher , the Goddefs is fure of being well received by thofe ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alfo alſo authority beech blemiſh bluſhes cafe Caufe cauſe cenfure character cifm circumſtances clofing cloſe compofition Country Church Country Church-yard courſe Criticiſm curiofity defcription defign dreft Elegy written Engliſh expreffion faid fame fancy feek a mutual feems fenfe fentiment ferious fhall fheets fhould ficcis firft firſt flain fome fometimes fomewhat ftand ftate ftone fubject fuch fuffered fuppofe fure furniſhed furpriſe fwells Gray Gray's herſelf hiftory himſelf idea illuftration images inftance intereſt Italian poetry itſelf labour laſt lefs Mafon meaſure meditation moſt Mufic mufing muft muſt neceffary o'er obfcure Obfervations occafion paffage path of glory penfive perly Petrarch pleaſe Poet POETICAL RONDEAU poetry pofition Pope praife praiſe preſent procefs propriety pureft ray purpoſe quatrain racter reafon rifing Rondeau ruftic ſhall ſhe Stanza ſtate ſuppoſe taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thought tical tion ufed uſed verfe whofe whoſe yard
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xvii - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Seite xii - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Seite xvi - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Seite xvii - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree ; Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he ; The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Seite xii - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Seite xii - Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, , The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Seite xvi - Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech * That wreathes its old...
Seite 21 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Seite xi - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Seite xv - Mufe's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble ftrife, Their fober wifhes never learn'd to ftray ; Along the cool fequefter'd vale of life They kept the noifelefs tenor of their way. Yet...