The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 4Herrick & Noyes, 1853 |
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Page 126
... divine Should be the light which streams here , to illume This long explor'd but still exhaustless mine Of contemplation . " But why was built that vast pile of architecture ? Was it to give a home to the destitute , and lengthen out ...
... divine Should be the light which streams here , to illume This long explor'd but still exhaustless mine Of contemplation . " But why was built that vast pile of architecture ? Was it to give a home to the destitute , and lengthen out ...
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... divine " seemed to have been extinguished , and it became a matter of doubt whether the world was not too old for poetry . The language of action had driven from men's lips the language of the heart ; and the spirit of the age seemed to ...
... divine " seemed to have been extinguished , and it became a matter of doubt whether the world was not too old for poetry . The language of action had driven from men's lips the language of the heart ; and the spirit of the age seemed to ...
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... Divine mine . Some have even died because their power of endurance was so disproportionate to their power of thought . But he only has a right to adopt the profession of a Critic who is in himself all that we mean by genius , and genius ...
... Divine mine . Some have even died because their power of endurance was so disproportionate to their power of thought . But he only has a right to adopt the profession of a Critic who is in himself all that we mean by genius , and genius ...
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... Divine Mind , so the painting and poetry of the human artist are imitative of nature . He bears off the palm , who holds up the mirror most fitly to reflect the truth . " Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem , et ...
... Divine Mind , so the painting and poetry of the human artist are imitative of nature . He bears off the palm , who holds up the mirror most fitly to reflect the truth . " Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem , et ...
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... divine afflatus . Let us proceed now to the comparison of the two arts as media of expression . Expression may relate to the accuracy of the idea conveyed , or to the effect of the idea on the feelings . Horace says in his Art of Poetry ...
... divine afflatus . Let us proceed now to the comparison of the two arts as media of expression . Expression may relate to the accuracy of the idea conveyed , or to the effect of the idea on the feelings . Horace says in his Art of Poetry ...
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Page 126 - Arches on arches ! as it were that Rome, Collecting the chief trophies of her line, Would build up all her triumphs in one dome, Her Coliseum stands ; the moonbeams shine As 'twere its natural torches, for divine Should be the light which streams here, to illume This long-explored but still exhaustless mine Of contemplation ; and the azure gloom Of an Italian night, where the deep skies assume Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows...
Page 150 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 150 - Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
Page 147 - Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star In his steep course? So long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, O sovran BLANC, The Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful Form! Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when...
Page 125 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Page 148 - The day is done ; and slowly from the scene The stooping sun upgathers his spent shafts, And puts them back into his golden quiver...
Page 154 - Segnius irritant animos demissa per aurem Quam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus et quae Ipse sibi tradit spectator.
Page 128 - rapt fancy deemeth it A metaphor of peace ;— all form a scene Where musing Solitude might love to lift Her soul above this sphere of earthliness ; Where silence undisturbed might watch alone, So cold, so bright, so still...
Page 140 - There must be nothing like it in the heavens above nor in the earth beneath nor in the waters under the earth ; and in many cases there is not.
Page 159 - Every Freshman is obliged to do any proper Errand or Message, required of him by any one in an upper class, which if he shall refuse to do, he shall be punished.