| Children's poetry, English - 1889 - 552 pages
...human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one...at the least Which into words no virtue can digest. C. MARLOWE 124.— MEDITATION OF LORD STRAFFORD IN THE TOWER Go, empty joys, With all your noise, And... | |
| James Russell Lowell - English literature - 1889 - 514 pages
...human wit; — If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one...the least, Which into words no virtue can digest." Marlowe made snatches at this forbidden fruit with vigorous leaps, and not without bringing away a... | |
| John Addington Symonds - Aesthetics - 1890 - 434 pages
...human wit — If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one...the least, "Which into words no virtue can digest. There is no denying the reality for us of this ideal. That elusive loveliness which " hovers in the... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 434 pages
...of poesy, If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness ; Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder at the best, Which into words no virtue can digest." 1 Spenser at his best, has come as near to expressing... | |
| James Russell Lowell - English literature - 1890 - 436 pages
...of poesy, If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness ; Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder at the best, Which into words no virtue can digest." 1 Spenser at his best, has come as near to expressing... | |
| James Challis Parsons - English language - 1891 - 184 pages
...admired themes, If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one...the least, Which into words no virtue can digest. — First Part of Tamburlaine, V. 2. SHAKESPEARE. 22. The great body of Shakespeare's plays is written... | |
| Barrett Wendell - English language - 1894 - 338 pages
...human wit, — If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads, One thought,...the least, Which into words no virtue can digest." And this unspoken word is the final secret of beauty. Fifty years later, in that England of Cavaliers... | |
| Barrett Wendell - English language - 1891 - 338 pages
...human wit, — If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads, One thought,...the least, Which into words no virtue can digest." And this unspoken word is the final secret of beauty. Fifty years later, in that England of Cavaliers... | |
| Barrett Wendell - English language - 1891 - 340 pages
...human wit,— If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads, One thought,...the least, Which into words no virtue can digest." And this unspoken word is the final secret of beauty. Fifty years later, in that England of Cavaliers... | |
| Barrett Wendell - 1891 - 340 pages
...human wit, — If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads, One thought,...the least, Which into words no virtue can digest." And this unspoken word is the final secret of beauty. Fifty years later, in that England of Cavaliers... | |
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