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Page 199
... lay Before me in my endless way . It will be observed in the extract that Chōmei refers to the cuckoo as having a mournful note . In this concep- tion of the bird he follows the Chinese tradition , DIXON CHÔMEI AND WORDSWORTH . 199.
... lay Before me in my endless way . It will be observed in the extract that Chōmei refers to the cuckoo as having a mournful note . In this concep- tion of the bird he follows the Chinese tradition , DIXON CHÔMEI AND WORDSWORTH . 199.
Page 200
... cuckoo after death , whence its Chinese name of Bō - tei . According to another tradition it tears its mouth in crying and blood issues forth , whence a second name given to the birk , Tei - ketsu or " Wailing - at - blood . " Japanese ...
... cuckoo after death , whence its Chinese name of Bō - tei . According to another tradition it tears its mouth in crying and blood issues forth , whence a second name given to the birk , Tei - ketsu or " Wailing - at - blood . " Japanese ...
Page 201
... cuckoo's note . The morning hour e'er finds me , sweetest bird ! Before my gate ; and , when the day doth pale , I ... cuckoo is associated with the wisteria as representative of early summer : — In blossoms the wisteria - tree to - day ...
... cuckoo's note . The morning hour e'er finds me , sweetest bird ! Before my gate ; and , when the day doth pale , I ... cuckoo is associated with the wisteria as representative of early summer : — In blossoms the wisteria - tree to - day ...
Page 202
... cuckoos , asses , apes , and dogs . John Bunyan likewise treats the cuckoo very disparagingly , blaming it because it is neither the first to welcome our spring , nor bring us its first tokens . He calls it a “ yawling- bawling cuckoo ...
... cuckoos , asses , apes , and dogs . John Bunyan likewise treats the cuckoo very disparagingly , blaming it because it is neither the first to welcome our spring , nor bring us its first tokens . He calls it a “ yawling- bawling cuckoo ...
Page 203
... cuckoo ! Cuckoo , cuckoo ! Well sing thou , cuckoo ! Nor cease thou never now . The poets of the XVIIIth century reverted to this earlier attitude : - Sweet bird , thy bower is ever green , Thy sky is ever clear , Thou hast no sorrow in ...
... cuckoo ! Cuckoo , cuckoo ! Well sing thou , cuckoo ! Nor cease thou never now . The poets of the XVIIIth century reverted to this earlier attitude : - Sweet bird , thy bower is ever green , Thy sky is ever clear , Thou hast no sorrow in ...
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Page 196 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Page 197 - By reason, blest by faith : what we have loved, Others will love, and we will teach them how ; Instruct them how the mind of man becomes A thousand times more beautiful than the earth On which he dwells...
Page 199 - And stepping westward seemed to be A kind of heavenly destiny: I liked the greeting; 'twas a sound Of something without place or bound; And seemed to give me spiritual right To travel through that region bright.
Page 203 - Thy twofold shout I hear ; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off and near. Though babbling only to the vale Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours.
Page 40 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 203 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 44 - States, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.
Page 194 - HARK, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise; Arise, arise. FEAR no more the heat o...
Page 194 - Hark ! hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings. And Phoebus 'gins arise. His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies ; And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their golden eyes ; With everything that pretty is — My lady sweet, arise : Arise, arise.
Page 46 - It is exceedingly great and exceedingly strong. Being nourished by rectitude, and sustaining no injury, it fills up all between heaven and earth.