 | William Collins - Poems - 1828 - 108 pages
...such adapt thy lyre, and suit thy powerful verse. In scenes like these, which, daring to depart Prom sober truth, are still to Nature true, And call forth fresh delight to Fancy's view, The heroic Muse employ'd her Tasso'g art. How have 1 trembled, when, at Tancred's stroke, Its gushing... | |
 | William Collins - 1828 - 104 pages
...adapt thy lyre, and suit thy powerful verse. In scenes like these, which, daring to depart From soher truth, are still to Nature true, And call forth fresh delight to Fancy's view, The heroic Muse employ'd her Tasso's art. How have I trembled, when, at Tancred's stroke, Its gushing... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...legends of thy land rehearse ; To such adapt thy lyre, and suit thy powerful verse, In scenes like theso, which, daring to depart From sober truth, are still...fancy's view, Th' heroic muse employ'd her Tasso's heart! How have I trembled, when, a tTancred's strokey Its gushing blood the gaping cypress pour'd... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Authors, Italian - 1835 - 632 pages
...Itatian, whose " God,:eyof Eutimgne " he only knew through Fairfax's translation : — '' In scenes, which, daring to depart From sober truth, are still to nature true, And call forth freth detight to fancy's view, The hermc muse employ'd her Tasso's art. How have I trembled w'hen,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 420 pages
...secondary to that which we extract from observing how mortals like ourselves would be affected, " By scenes like these which, daring to depart From sober truth, are still to nature true." Even in the description of his marvels, however, the author, who manages tin's style of composition... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...which we extract from observing how mortals like ourselves would be affected, " By scenes like thesi: which, daring to depart From sober truth, are still to nature true." Even in the description of his marvels, however, the author, who manages this style of composition... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1839 - 618 pages
...bold as to attempt it, we should simply ask, if he has succeeded in it. His very calling lies " In scenes like these, which, daring to depart From sober Truth, are still to Nature true." As for the assertion, that magic, and sorcery, and fairies, and ghosts were once objects of the popular... | |
 | Torquato Tasso - 1844 - 632 pages
...learnedly-beautiful Collins has the following spirited praise of Tasso and his translator:— " In scenes like these, which, daring to depart From sober...Th' heroic muse employ'd her TASSO'S art. How have I trembled, when, at Tancred's stroke, Its gushing blood the gaping cypress pour'd! When each live plant... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...legends of thy land rehearse : To suib adapt thy lyre, and suit thy powerful verse. XIV. In seenea like these, which, daring to depart From sober truth,...Fancy's view, Th ' heroic Muse employ'd her Tasso's art ! • AB unite bird, on the eech or which Hit InhablnM» of It. KlUt, UMtixr of the Hebt We,, cbte6jr... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...lyre, and suit thy powerhl verse. In scenes like these, which, daring to depart From sober truth, arc to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not...work or his own gifts ; who best Bear Hia mild yoke trembled, when, atTancred's strob. Its gushing blood the gaping cypress pour'd ! When each live plant... | |
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