| 1849 - 778 pages
...Tennyson. There is a sonnet to Shakspeare, among others, well worth giving as an extract (p. 50) : — Others abide our question. Thou art free, We ask,...still, Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill That to the stars uncrowns his Majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea, 1849.] Making... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1853 - 298 pages
...old age, Business could not make dull, nor Passion wild : Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole : The mellow glory of the Attic stage ; Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child. II. SHAKSPEARE. OTHERS abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask : Thou smilest and art still,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 386 pages
...glory of the Attic stage ; Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child. SONNETS. II. SHAKSPEAKE. OTHEHS abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask...still, Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill That to the stars uncrowns his majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea, Making the Heaven... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 348 pages
...old age, Business could not make dull, nor Passion wild : Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole: The mellow glory of the Attic stage ; Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child. II. SHAKSPBABE. OTHERS abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask : Thou smilest and art still,... | |
| 1884 - 882 pages
...extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child." We find him equally enamored of repose in the tender lament entitled Requiescat ; and in its heart-sick... | |
| 1858 - 516 pages
...writes something not like the Cato of Addison, or the Irene of Johnson, but as like as he can to " The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus and its child." But the true ancient drama, which could not strike root in. France or Italy, can still less hope to... | |
| William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860 - 546 pages
...writes something not like the Cato of Addison, or the Irene of Johnson. but as like as he can to " The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus and its child." But the true ancient drama, which could not strike root in France or Italy, can still less hope to... | |
| William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860 - 576 pages
...writes something not like the Cato of Addison, or the Irene of Johnson. but as like as he can to " The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus and its child." But the true ancient drama, which could not strike root in France or Italy, can still less hope to... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1918 - 774 pages
...sonnets 1 If so, the gods themselves took care that the veil should not be rent. The secret remains. 4 Others abide our question. Thou art free — We ask and ask. Thou standest and art still, . Out-topping knowledge.' A visit to Derbyshire in the autumn of 1889 gave... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child. 3. Human Limits. ON SEEING GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S PICTURE OF 'THE BOTTLE,' IN THE COUNTRY. A RTIST! whose... | |
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