Calderon, His Life and Genius: With Specimens of His PlaysRedfield, 1856 - 233 páginas |
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... tion of a moment might occur . What materials for the dramatic poet were here ! - Nor may we leave out of sight that there were cir- cumstances , which modified and rendered less fatal than we THE LIFE OF CALDERON . 17.
... tion of a moment might occur . What materials for the dramatic poet were here ! - Nor may we leave out of sight that there were cir- cumstances , which modified and rendered less fatal than we THE LIFE OF CALDERON . 17.
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... Leaving it at nineteen , he spent the five or six years that fol- lowed at the capital , having already in his fourteenth year shown the bent of his genius toward the stage by a drama , The Chariot of Heaven , which has not come down to ...
... Leaving it at nineteen , he spent the five or six years that fol- lowed at the capital , having already in his fourteenth year shown the bent of his genius toward the stage by a drama , The Chariot of Heaven , which has not come down to ...
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... leaving only the first - fruits of his graceful genius behind him . Philip may not have been willing to expose a far greater light to a like premature extinction . At any rate , he desired to hinder the poet from going ; and this he ...
... leaving only the first - fruits of his graceful genius behind him . Philip may not have been willing to expose a far greater light to a like premature extinction . At any rate , he desired to hinder the poet from going ; and this he ...
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... Leaving the region of history , and in a world more purely and entirely ideal , Calderon has some exquis- ite mythological pieces , in which he does not , in Cow- ley's words , merely serve up " the cold meats of the ancients , new ...
... Leaving the region of history , and in a world more purely and entirely ideal , Calderon has some exquis- ite mythological pieces , in which he does not , in Cow- ley's words , merely serve up " the cold meats of the ancients , new ...
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... very explicable : it is not so much that they have spoken , as their na- tion that has spoken by them . And , in the instance before us , we should not leave out of sight to how great an age the poet 46 THE GENIUS OF CALDERON .
... very explicable : it is not so much that they have spoken , as their na- tion that has spoken by them . And , in the instance before us , we should not leave out of sight to how great an age the poet 46 THE GENIUS OF CALDERON .
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Calderon, His Life and Genius: With Specimens of His Plays Richard Chenevix Trench Vista completa - 1856 |
Calderon, His Life and Genius: With Specimens of His Plays Richard Chenevix Trench Vista completa - 1856 |
Calderon, His Life and Genius: With Specimens of His Plays Richard Chenevix Trench Vista completa - 1856 |
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Página 112 - The law that rules his else eccentric action. So he that's in himself insensible Of love's sweet influence, misjudges him Who moves according to love's melody : And knowing not that all these sighs and tears, Ejaculations, and impatiences, Are necessary changes of a measure, Which the divine musician plays, may call The lover crazy; which he would not do Did he within his own heart hear the tune Play'd by the great musician of the world.
Página 10 - However turbid they may be in themselves to him, such is the religious medium through which he views them, they are all cleared up and perfectly bright. Blessed man! he had escaped from the wild labyrinths of doubt into the stronghold of belief; from thence, with undisturbed tranquillity of soul, he beheld and portrayed the storms of the world; to him human life was no longer a dark riddle.
Página 230 - Este matiz, que al cielo desafia, Iris listado de oro, nieve y grana, Será escarmiento de la vida humana: ¡Tanto se emprende en...
Página 118 - Tutto è menzogna, e delirando io vivo! Sogno della mia vita è il corso intero. Deh tu, Signor, quando a destarmi arrivo, Fa ch'io trovi riposo in sen del Vero!
Página 103 - With respect to translation, even I will not be seduced by it ; although the Greek plays, and some of the ideal dramas of Calderon, with which I have lately, and with inexpressible wonder and delight, become acquainted, are perpetually tempting me to throw over their perfect and glowing forms the grey veil of my own words.
Página 154 - Dreams, whom anxious thoughts oppress, Dreams, who for high place contends, Dreams, who injures and offends ; And though none are rightly ware, All are dreaming that they- are In this life, until death ends. I am dreaming I lie here, Laden with this fetter's weight, And I dreamed that I of late Did in fairer sort appear. What is life ? a frenzy mere ; What is life ? e'en that we deem ; A conceit, a shadow all, And the greatest good is small : Nothing is, but all doth seem — Dreams within dreams,...
Página 153 - Mid his wealth which brings more cares; And the poor man dreams he bears All his want and wretchedness; Dreams, whom anxious thoughts oppress, Dreams, who for high place contends, Dreams, who injures and offends; And though none are rightly ware, All are dreaming that they are In this life, until death ends. I am dreaming I lie here, Laden with this fetter's...
Página 124 - Painter win, Ere the instinct doth begin Of its fierceness and its pride, And its lair on every side It has measured far and nigh, While with better instinct I Am its liberty denied. Born the mute fish was also, Child of ooze and ocean weed ; Scarce a finny bark of speed To the surface brought, and lo! In vast circuits to and fro Measures it on every side...
Página 99 - Germany during the second half of the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth century if she did not actually begin, at any rate she encouraged and actively aided, the religious wars.