Mindless of its just honours ; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart; the melody Of this small lute gave ease to Petrarch's wound; A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound; With it Camoens soothed an exile's grief ; The sonnet glittered a gay... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Página 119por William Wordsworth - 1828 - 340 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Milton - 1870 - 436 páginas
...soothed an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow : a glow-worm lamp •...whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! ' l. 10. still; — See note on Circumcision 21. l. 13. All is ; — ie ' in strictest measure even,'... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 páginas
...Dante' crowned His visionary hrow ; a glowworm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from fairy-land, To struggle through dark ways ; and, when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The tiling became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains, — alas, too few ! XIV. — THE FORCE... | |
| 1871 - 712 páginas
...it as had Dante and Petrarch two centuries before them. In the reign of Charles the First, * * * * "When a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his...he blew Soul-animating strains — alas ! too few! There were few sonnets produced after Milton, until Thomas Warton in 1777 revived that species of composition... | |
| 1871 - 730 páginas
...lustre upon it as had Dante and Petrarch two centuries before them. In the reign of Charles the First, Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The Thing...whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas! too few I There were few sonnets produced after Milton, until Thomas Warton in 1777 revived that species of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 páginas
...Dante crowned His visionary brow : a glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called fiom F.iery-l.ind To struggle through dark, ways ; and, when a damp...round the path of Milton, in his hand The Thing became д trumpet ; whence he bîcw Soul-animating strains— alas, too few ! n. How sweet it is, when mother... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 páginas
...lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from faeryland [a damp To struggle through dark ways ; and when Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing...swell Of civil conflict, nor the wrecks of change, Nor duty struggling with afflictions strange, Not these alone inspire the tuneful shell ; But where untroubled... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - 1872 - 488 páginas
...cypress with which Dante crown'd His visionary brow ; a glow-worm lamp, It cheer'd mild Spenser, call'd from Faery-land To struggle through dark ways ; and,...he blew Soul-animating strains, — alas, too few ! " Now, here we have a place for every thing, and every thing in its place. There is nothing irrelevant,... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 páginas
...Dante crowned His visionary brow : a glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from Fairy-land To struggle through dark ways ; and, when a damp Fell...thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains—alas, too few !" And then see in Ms writings, justifying these references to his predecessors,... | |
| John Dennis - 1873 - 280 páginas
...soothed an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered like a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow ; a glowworm lamp It cheered...whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1770—1850. THE SONNET. NUNS fret not at their convent's narrow room ; And hermits... | |
| John Milton - 1874 - 518 páginas
...soothed an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow; a glow-worm lamp, It cheered...blew Soul-animating strains, — alas ! too few." Milton, however, is notable in the succession of chief Sonnetvvriters, not only on account of the intrinsic... | |
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