Idylls, Legends and LyricsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1890 - 277 pages |
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... nature . The bustling , thriving port at the mouth of the Tees is typical of the North - country where the romance of the past is almost lost in the prosaic present . Its atmosphere is as little conductive to the development of the ...
... nature . The bustling , thriving port at the mouth of the Tees is typical of the North - country where the romance of the past is almost lost in the prosaic present . Its atmosphere is as little conductive to the development of the ...
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... nature ; which are full of power ; which command awe , and excite a deep though shuddering sympathy . Its great tendency and power is to carry the mind above and beyond the beaten , dusty , and weary walks of ordinary life : to lift it ...
... nature ; which are full of power ; which command awe , and excite a deep though shuddering sympathy . Its great tendency and power is to carry the mind above and beyond the beaten , dusty , and weary walks of ordinary life : to lift it ...
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... Nature ; she is also the poet of much neglected periods of history . When history fails her , legend steps in , and inspires her fertile imagination with true poetic power . She deserves the thanks of every student of early English ...
... Nature ; she is also the poet of much neglected periods of history . When history fails her , legend steps in , and inspires her fertile imagination with true poetic power . She deserves the thanks of every student of early English ...
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... nature's law Which irresistibly impels , and leads With forces so unutterably strong , And yet so hid , - —so wrapped in joy , concealed— That whence it comes we nothing know , nor why , We only know it is that power called Love . Oh ...
... nature's law Which irresistibly impels , and leads With forces so unutterably strong , And yet so hid , - —so wrapped in joy , concealed— That whence it comes we nothing know , nor why , We only know it is that power called Love . Oh ...
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... a few probable particulars of his home life , and natural surroundings . The opening lines of the poem partake of the nature of a pastoral scene , and are beautifully expressed , some of Introduction and Biographical Notice . V.
... a few probable particulars of his home life , and natural surroundings . The opening lines of the poem partake of the nature of a pastoral scene , and are beautifully expressed , some of Introduction and Biographical Notice . V.
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