...were upon him ; and his sallow cheek, and ever- working lip, proclaimed too surely — The fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay; And o'er informed the tenement of clay. I longed to open my heart to him. Instinctively I felt that he...

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...Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power uupleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body...the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit,...

...Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power uupleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body...the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit,...

...and active, but from the life he led, he early showed symptoms of premature old age. " A fiery soul which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay." I wish, for many reasons, that I could have spoken of him more favourably. It is delightful to think...

...travel on the broad gauge. They are usually thin and ^lively, and not a few have that " Fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'erinforms the tenement of clay." We do not object, however, to a moderate and graceful rotundity....

...Restless, unfixt in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger when the...

...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the " great wits tc madness near allied." And again — 'A daring pilot In extremity. Pleased with the danger...for a calm unfit. Would steer too nigh the sands to boait bis wit."* The dates of the two poems will, we think. explain this discrepancy. The third part...

...statesman, would endeavour to allay the prevalent excitement : — " A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; hut, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." When the whole framework...

...were upon him ; and his sallow cheek, and ever-working lip, proclaimed too surely — The fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay ; And o'er informed the tenement of clay. I longed to open my heart to him. Instinctively I felt that he...