 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 170 Yet here for ever, ever must I stay ; \ Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! \ Death, only death,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Yet here for ever, ever must I stay; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only Death, can break the lasting chain ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, ,and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 170 142. domes] See p. 175, l. 65n. 152 f. The superscription of Eloisa's first letter begins 'To her... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. The gloomy allusions to 'Melancholy', 'silence', 'twilight' and 'sadness' do not merely create atmosphere,... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. (Eloisa to Abelard, lines 167-70) Eloisa's inner activity distorts the church service, even as the... | |
 | Frances Brooke - 1985 - 540 pagina’s
...169-70; Eloísa is describing a scene near her convent where "Black Melancholy" now "Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, / And breathes a browner horror on the woods." See The Twickenham Edition. Vol. 2, p. 333. 305.12-13 Si. Joseph, the patron of Canada} St. Joseph... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 1988 - 329 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flower, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. One picture replaces another. The pretty pastoral images of the first six lines, innocently dreamy,... | |
 | Valerie Rumbold - 1989 - 342 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. (line 155) In contrast, when she imagines happy lovers visiting the tomb in which she is reunited with... | |
 | John Dixon Hunt - 1992 - 414 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods , And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 102 ' UT PICTURA POES1S, UT PÌCTURA HORTUS, AND THE PICTURESQUE In 1807 Robert Southey confirmed what... | |
 | Barbara McGovern - 1992 - 302 pagina’s
...gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. (Poems 2: 319, 325, lines 1-3,163-170) Not only the imagery of some of Finch's melancholic poems is... | |
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Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling... 
