The name of Andrew Marvell ever sounds sweet, and always has, to use words of Charles Lamb's, a fine relish to the ear. As the author of poetry of exquisite quality, where for the last time may be heard the priceless note of the Elizabethan lyricist, whilst at the same moment utterance is being given to thoughts and feelings which reach far forward to Wordsworth and Shelley, Marvell can never be forgotten in his native England.
Lines of Marvell's poetry have secured the final honours, and incurred the peril, of becoming "familiar quotations" ready for use on a great variety of occasion. We may, perhaps, have been bidden once or twice too often to remember how the Royal actor
"Nothing common did, or mean,
Upon that memorable scene,"
or have been assured to our surprise by some self-satisfied worldling how he always hears at his back,
"Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near."
A true poet can, however, never be defiled by the rough usage of the populace.
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Lines of Marvell's poetry have secured the final honours, and incurred the peril, of becoming "familiar quotations" ready for use on a great variety of occasion. We may, perhaps, have been bidden once or twice too often to remember how the Royal actor
"Nothing common did, or mean,
Upon that memorable scene,"
or have been assured to our surprise by some self-satisfied worldling how he always hears at his back,
"Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near."
A true poet can, however, never be defiled by the rough usage of the populace.
Andrew Marvell
The name of Andrew Marvell ever sounds sweet, and always has, to use words of Charles Lamb's, a fine relish to the ear. As the author of poetry of exquisite quality, where for the last time may be heard the priceless note of the Elizabethan lyricist, whilst at the same moment utterance is being given to thoughts and feelings which reach far forward to Wordsworth and Shelley, Marvell can never be forgotten in his native England.
Lines of Marvell's poetry have secured the final honours, and incurred the peril, of becoming "familiar quotations" ready for use on a great variety of occasion. We may, perhaps, have been bidden once or twice too often to remember how the Royal actor
"Nothing common did, or mean,
Upon that memorable scene,"
or have been assured to our surprise by some self-satisfied worldling how he always hears at his back,
"Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near."
A true poet can, however, never be defiled by the rough usage of the populace.
Lines of Marvell's poetry have secured the final honours, and incurred the peril, of becoming "familiar quotations" ready for use on a great variety of occasion. We may, perhaps, have been bidden once or twice too often to remember how the Royal actor
"Nothing common did, or mean,
Upon that memorable scene,"
or have been assured to our surprise by some self-satisfied worldling how he always hears at his back,
"Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near."
A true poet can, however, never be defiled by the rough usage of the populace.
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| BN ID: | 2940160734965 |
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| Publisher: | V F Editions |
| Publication date: | 11/30/2021 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 252 KB |
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