Our Modern Athens: Or, Who is First? A Poem |
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Page 68 - ... capable than ever of those nameless attentions that all women, but above all, Italian women, require. I like solitude, which has become absolutely necessary to me ; am fond of shutting myself up for hours, and when with the person I like, am often distrait and gloomy. There is something I am convinced (continued Byron) in the poetical temperament that precludes happiness, not only to the person who has it, but to those connected with him.
Page 11 - Tis but what we must in our autumn do! And as your leaves lie quiet on the ground, The loss alone by those that loved them found : So in the grave shall we as quiet lie, Miss'd by some few that loved our company; But some so like to thorns and nettles live, That none for them can, when they perish, grieve. SOME VERSES OF AN IMPERFECT COPY, DESIGNED FOR A FRIEND, ON HIS TRANSLATION OF OVID'S
Page 68 - There is something I am convinced (continued Byron) in the poetical temperament that precludes happiness, not only to the person who has it, but to those connected with him. Do not accuse me of vanity because I say this, as my belief is, that the worst poet may share this misfortune in common with the best. The way in which I account for it is, that our imaginations being warmer than our hearts, and much more given to wander, the latter have not the power to control the former ; hence, soon after...
Page 24 - Nothing hath got so far, But Man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest star: He is in little all the sphere. Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Find their acquaintance there.
Page 11 - It is with narrow-souled people as with narrownecked bottles ; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
Page 52 - When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me : and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Page 11 - English hearts, and has, perhaps, been oftenest acted of any which have come upon our stage," (I presume he means the Tragedy of Hamlet,2) "is almost one continued moral." The same author observes, that "it is necessary for the poet to borrow so much from the philosopher, as to be master of the common topics of morality. He must at least be speciously honest, and, in all appearance, a friend to virtue throughout the piece. The good and wise will abate him nothing in this kind ; and the people, though...
Page 11 - Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind. What is it in comparison with God's Word — what, in comparison with corporal gifts, as beauty, health, &c. ? — nay, what is it to the gifts of the mind, as understanding, wisdom, &c. ? Yet are men so eager after it, that no labour, pains, or risk is regarded in the acquisition of riches. Wealth has in it neither material, formal, efficient, nor final cause, nor anything else that...
Page 52 - To this work comes afterwards the third person, the Holy Ghost, who kindles faith in the heart through the Word, and so regenerates us, and makes us the children of God. This article, though it be taught most clearly in the New Testament, yet has been always assaulted and opposed in the highest measure, so that the holy evangelist, St. John, for the confirmation of this article, was constrained to write hi
Page 54 - ... put life into me, refreshed and comforted me. Therefore, let us use diligence only to keep him, and then all is safe, although the devil were ever so wicked and crafty, and the world ever so evil and false. Let whatsoever will or can befal me, I will surely cleave by my sweet Saviour Christ Jesus, for in him am I baptized ; I can neither do nor know anything but only what he has taught me. The Holy Scriptures, especially St. Paul, everywhere ascribe unto Christ that which he gives to the Father,...