Renaissance in Italy: the Catholic reactionSmith, Elder, & Company, 1886 - Renaissance |
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Page 75 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 346 - Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind ; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be, In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering, In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 345 - Rhymes and rhymers pass away, poems distill'd from poems pass away, The swarms of reflectors and the polite pass, and leave ashes, Admirers, importers, obedient persons, make but the soil of literature...
Page 103 - Così piuma talor, che di gentile amorosa colomba il collo cinge, mai non si scorge a se stessa simile, ma in diversi colori al sol si tinge. Or d'accesi rubin sembra un monile...
Page 377 - The perception of the enlightened man will then be the task of a healthy person who has made himself acquainted with the laws of evolution in art and in society, and is able to test the excellence of work in any stage from immaturity to decadence by discerning what there is of truth, sincerity, and natural vigor in it.
Page 112 - Battesmo a me, ch' ogni mia colpa lave. In queste voci languide risuona Un non so che di flebile e soave, Ch' al cor gli serpe, ed ogni sdegno ammorza, E gli occhi a lagrimar gl
Page 97 - Ille caput quassans : Non me tua fervida terrent Dicta, ferox ; di me terrent et Jupiter hostis. 895 Nee plura effatus, saxum circumspicit ingens, Saxum antiquum, ingens, campo quod forte jacebat, Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis. Vix illud lecti bis sex cervice subirent...
Page 104 - Oh quante belle luci il tempio celeste in sé raguna! Ha il suo gran carro il dì, l'aurate stelle spiega la notte e l'argentata luna; ma non è chi vagheggi o questa o quelle, e miriam noi torbida luce e bruna ch'un girar d'occhi, un balenar di riso, scopre in breve confin di fragil viso...
Page 106 - Sì parla , e prega ; ei preghi bagna e scalda Or di lagrime rare, or di sospiri: Onde, siccome suol nevosa falda, Dov' arda il sole, o tepid' aura spiri; Così l' ira che 'n lei parea sì salda , Solvesi , e restan sol gli altri desiri.
Page 112 - Amico, hai vinto: io ti perdon... perdona tu ancora, al corpo no, che nulla pavé, a l'alma si; deh! per lei prega, e dona battesmo a me ch'ogni mia colpa lave.