 Mid struggling sufferers, hurt to death, she lay! Shuddering, they drew her garments off — and found A robe of sackcloth next the smooth, white skin. Such, poets, is your bride, the Muse! young, gay, Radiant, adorned outside; a hidden ground Of thought...  New Nash's Pall Mall Magazine - Page 6521896Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1890 - 528 pages
...took poetry seriously, as men take their professions. In his own words : " Such poets is your Muse; young, gay, Radiant, adorned outside; a hidden ground Of thought and of austerity within." He knew and acknowledged his defects. Goethe, his master, speaks of two kinds of dilettanti. (1) He... | |
 | 1888 - 570 pages
...and found — A robe of sackcloth next the smooth, white skin. Such, poets, is your bride, the Muse I young, gay, Radiant, adorned outside ; a hidden ground Of thought, and of austerity within. Gay without, austerity and thought within ! How true is this of his writings as a whole ! And when... | |
 | 1926 - 1070 pages
...muse clothed in a robe of sackcloth. It ends with the lines — Such poet is your bride, the Muse ! young, gay Radiant adorned outside, a hidden ground Of thought and of austerity within. The last phrase might have been written either of Vigny's poetry or of his own. Vigny and Arnold alone... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 362 pages
...— and found A robe of sackcloth next the smooth, white skin. Such, poets, is your bride, the Muse! young, gay, Radiant, adorned outside; a hidden ground Of thought and of austerity within. 'Dover 'Beach THE sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the... | |
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