 Yet if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet...  Poetical Works - Pagina 328door Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 512 pagina’s
...a tear,— I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...world should listen then, as I am listening now." We can hear that the poetry of Keats is a rich, composite, voluptuous harmony; that of Shelley a clear... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 368 pagina’s
...alone are like a song at heaven's gates, might not alone the poet, but the wisest of mortals, say, " Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know...world should listen then, as I am listening now." But this common thought of lovers and of our poor human ity, that prompts to tolerance, is not only... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1860 - 522 pagina’s
...are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorncr of the ground ! :- .•' Teach me half the gladneM That thy brain must know, . Such harmonious madness...flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening i . .' i OH I THERE ARE SPIRITS. Oh ! there are spirits in the air, And genii of the evening breeze.... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pagina’s
...found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorncr of the ground ! 3 Teach me half the gladness That thy bruin must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. SHELLEY. l. " Shelley chose the measure of this poem with great felicity. The earnest burry of the... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pagina’s
...clear, and fresh, thy music doth snrpats Te«h mo half tho gladness That thy brain must know, S;ieh harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I urn listening now. It IB not within our province to dwell critically upon Shelley s writings. They... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 pagina’s
...cannot be ; Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee. Thou lovest, but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. 7. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better...Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! 8. Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pagina’s
...dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream? Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground 1 Teach me half the gladness , That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pagina’s
...; If we were tilings born • Not to shed a tear, 1 know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. — Byron. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETEKNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1858 - 370 pagina’s
...illustrate—in one of the concluding stanzas to the Skylark! " Better than all measures, Of delighful sound; Better than all treasures, That in books are...Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground." But, ah, wo is me ! Weep now, Urania—thou eldest muse —for Jiim ! That harmony paused—- " And... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pagina’s
...that toll of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. HOPE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. CAMPBELL. UNFADING HOPE ! when life's last embers burn — When soul to soul,... | |
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