The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays critical and imaginativeW. Blackwood, 1865 |
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The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays ... John Wilson Visos knygos peržiūra - 1857 |
The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays ... John Wilson Visos knygos peržiūra - 1857 |
The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays ... John Wilson Visos knygos peržiūra - 1857 |
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affection appeared beautiful believe better breath Burns called character close Colonsay continued dark dead dear death deep delight dream earth expression eyes face fair father fear feel felt genius give given green hand happy head hear heard heart heaven hold hope hour human imagination inspired keep kind knew land less light lines living look mean mind moral morning nature never night once pass passion perhaps persons play poem poet poetry poor pride Robert round Scotland seems seen side sometimes song soon soul speak spirit stand strong sweet tears tell thee things thou thought tion true truth turned virtue voice walk whole wild young
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341 psl. - Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
310 psl. - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
335 psl. - The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
298 psl. - Though I should gaze for ever On that green light that lingers in the west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within.
33 psl. - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart!
342 psl. - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
340 psl. - With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail ! a sail...
125 psl. - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams, return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint...
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32 psl. - They chant their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps ' Dundee's' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive