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The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poemsThe Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems The following variations appear in the first two verses of Hector's Farewell, as given in The Robbers, act ii. scene 2. The following additional verse is found in Amalia's Song, as sung in The Robbers, act iii....
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The Poems of Schiller — Third periodThe Poems of Schiller — Third period TOBOLSKO, 2d February. Flowers in Siberia? Behind this lies a piece of knavery, or the sun must make face against midnight. And yetif ye were to exert yourselves! 'Tis really so; we have been hunting sables long...
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The Poems of Schiller — Second periodThe Poems of Schiller — Second period [In spite of Mr. Carlyle's assertion of Schiller's "total deficiency in humor," 12 we think that the following poem suffices to show that he possessed the gift in no ordinary degree, and that if the aims of...
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The Poems of Schiller — First periodThe Poems of Schiller — First period 1 The allusion in the original is to the seemingly magical power possessed by a Jew conjuror, named Philadelphia, which would not be understood in English. 2 This most exquisite love poem is founded on the platonic...
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Aristotle on the art of poetryAristotle on the art of poetry In the tenth book of the Republic, when Plato has completed his final burning denunciation of Poetry, the false Siren, the imitator of things which themselves are shadows, the ally of all that is low and weak in...
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Nets to Catch the WindNets to Catch the Wind Better to see your cheek grown hollow, Better to see your temple worn, Than to forget to follow, follow, After the sound of a silver horn. Better to bind your brow with willow And follow, follow until you die,...
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Christmas EveChristmas Eve Out of the little chapel I burst Into the fresh night-air again. Five minutes full, I waited first In the doorway, to escape the rain That drove in gusts down the common's centre At the edge of which the chapel stands, Before...
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Poems of PowerPoems of PowerThe final word in the title of this volume refers to the Divine Power in every human being, the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness. It is this idea which many of the verses endeavour to illustrate....
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Hello, Boys!Hello, Boys!The greater part of these verses dealing with the war were written in France during my recent seven months sojourn there, and for the purpose of using in entertainments given in camps and hospitals to thousands of American soldiers. They were the result...
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Poems and SongsPoems and SongsI lived far more than e'er I sang; Thought, ire, and mirth unceasing rang Around me, where I guested; To be where loud life's battles call For me was well-nigh more than all My pen on page arrested. What's true and strong...
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Perpetual Light : a memorialPerpetual Light : a memorial"Ah, do not turn to me that face which is no longer of this world! There are enough angels to serve the mass in Heaven! Have pity on me, who am only a man without wings, who rejoiced in this...
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The torch-bearers [v.1]Watchers of the SkyThis volume, while it is complete in itself, is also the first of a trilogy, the scope of which is suggested in the prologue. The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unitya unity of purpose and endeavourthe single torch...
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Right RoyalRight RoyalHe was from Sleins, that manor up the Lithe; Riding the Downs had made his body blithe; Stalwart he was, and springy, hardened, swift, Able for perfect speed with perfect thrift, Man to the core yet moving like a lad. Dark honest eyes...
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Playful PoemsPlayful PoemsThe last volume of these Companion Poets contained some of Chaucers Tales as they were modernised by Dryden. This volume contains more of his Tales as they were modernised by later poets. In 1841 there was a volume published entitled, The Poems of...
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The IliadThe Iliad In the spring of 1862 I was induced, at the request of some personal friends, to print, for private circulation only, a small volume of Translations of Poems Ancient and Modern, in which was included the first Book of the Iliad. The...
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Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph ChaplinBars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin INTRODUCTION MOURN NOT THE DEAD TAPS NIGHT IN THE CELL HOUSE PRISON SHADOWS PRISON REVEILLE PRISON NOCTURNE THE WARRIOR WIND TO FREEDOM THE VISION MAKER DISTANCES PHANTOMS SEVEN LITTLE SPARROWS SALAAM! THE WEST IS DEAD...
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The IliadThe Iliad Homer is universally allowed to have had the greatest invention of any writer whatever. The praise of judgment Virgil has justly contested with him, and others may have their pretensions as to particular excellences; but his invention remains yet unrivalled. Nor is...
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The Lay of the CidThe Lay of the Cid They of Navarre and Aragon were busied now to treat, And with Alfonso of Len in conference they meet. Dame Sol and Dame Elvra in due course wedded are. Great were their former matches, but these are nobler far....
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Biographia LiterariaBiographia Literaria So wenig er auch bestimmt seyn mag, andere zu belehren, so wuenscht er doch sich denen mitzutheilen, die er sich gleichgesinnt weis, (oder hofft,) deren Anzahl aber in der Breite der Welt zerstreut ist; er wuenscht sein Verhaeltniss zu den aeltesten Freunden...
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The Legends of San FranciscoThe Legends of San Francisco You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt...
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