| James Hamilton - 1857 - 494 Seiten
...prayer, and, therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 410 Seiten
...either." Let us compare Taylor's treatment of the same image, which, I fancy, Dryden must have seen: " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass...clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 Seiten
...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. PRAYER. JEREMY TAYLOR. I HAVE seen a lark rise from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconsistent, descending... | |
| John Earle - 1890 - 612 Seiten
...the effect of a medallion, or a cameo, or a star, which gives a fine illumination to the narrative. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,, singing as he rises, &c. — Jeremy Taylor. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the... | |
| A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 290 Seiten
...doors from nightly harm. [CHAPTER xiv.l JEREMY TAYLOR. Born 1613-Died 1667. THE SKYLARK. For so I have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring...above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1891 - 124 Seiten
...unquenchable fire ? " We praise the aptness, as well as the beauty, of Jeremy Taylor's famous simile : " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, soaring upwards and singing as he rises and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but... | |
| Alexander Ireland - 1892 - 16 Seiten
...and therefore is contrary to that state of mind which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud sighiugs of an easterly wind, and his motiou made irregular and inconstant, descending - more and more... | |
| William Minto - 1892 - 584 Seiten
...they can endure tlie storms of the north and the loud noises of a tempest and yet never be broken." " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...rises and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the cloiuU ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1892 - 300 Seiten
...description of the lark : — " For so I have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, soaring upward and singing as he rises and hopes to get to Heaven, and...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending... | |
| William Minto - 1892 - 582 Seiten
...they can endure the storms of the north and the loud noises of a tempest and yet never be broken." " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as lie rises and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back... | |
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