The tragedy of Israel [in verse]. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד 1
... with which , after the victory won against the Philistines , Saul penetrates the relations held by the two towards David ... The Israelites maintain the functions of a chorus throughout , sometimes in lyrical strophes , some-
... with which , after the victory won against the Philistines , Saul penetrates the relations held by the two towards David ... The Israelites maintain the functions of a chorus throughout , sometimes in lyrical strophes , some-
עמוד 4
... David quite fail to provide any antidote . In this respect the poem reminds us somewhat of Byron's Cain . . . . Of the poetry we can only say just a word or two . It is marked by unusual vigour of style , great power of description ...
... David quite fail to provide any antidote . In this respect the poem reminds us somewhat of Byron's Cain . . . . Of the poetry we can only say just a word or two . It is marked by unusual vigour of style , great power of description ...
עמוד 5
... David and his friends over the loss they have sustained . A large number of the characters mentioned in the Bible history are introduced into the poem , but they are all kept in abeyance to the central figure of Saul , who towers above ...
... David and his friends over the loss they have sustained . A large number of the characters mentioned in the Bible history are introduced into the poem , but they are all kept in abeyance to the central figure of Saul , who towers above ...
עמוד 6
... David ; and consequently the work before us , important as it is , represents only a small share of the task the poet has taken upon himself . The philosophy of Mr. ARMSTRONG'S poems , and the deep pathos with which he and his lamented ...
... David ; and consequently the work before us , important as it is , represents only a small share of the task the poet has taken upon himself . The philosophy of Mr. ARMSTRONG'S poems , and the deep pathos with which he and his lamented ...
עמוד 7
... is very great power in ARMSTRONG's poem . Some of his declamatory verses are extremely grand . They are pregnant with idea and meaning . The true poetic flame touches them with fire . " THE TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL . PART II . KING DAVID 7.
... is very great power in ARMSTRONG's poem . Some of his declamatory verses are extremely grand . They are pregnant with idea and meaning . The true poetic flame touches them with fire . " THE TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL . PART II . KING DAVID 7.
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ABDEMON ABISHAG ADORAM adore AHIJAH AHISHAR amid Ashtoreth AZARIAH BALKIS beauty Behold BENAIAH breast breathe brows burthen CANAANITE CHALCOL character DARDA dark David dear death deed doth drama dread dream earth Edom EDOMITE CHIEF Egypt Ephraim EPHRAIMITE CHIEF Ephrathite ETHAN eyes faint fair fear fire foul friends GEORGE FRANCIS ARMSTRONG glory gods HADAD hands hath hear heart heaven HIRAM hope hour Javeh JEHOSHAPHAT JEROBOAM Jerusalem KING OF TYRE King Saul KING SOLOMON labour lift lips lone lord mind mind's mountains NAAMAH NATHAN night o'er pain pass passion peace poem poet poetic poor PRIEST OF BAAL realm REHOBOAM REZON SCENE Shechem SHEMAIAH SHISHAK sick slaves sleep SOLOMON soul speak spirit strife sweet thee thine things thou art Thou hast thought Tragedy of Israel Tribe of Ephraim Tribes Ugone winds wouldst ZABUD ZERUAH
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 2 - Kcv., xxxv. 492. 4. Part II., King David, 1874. 5. Part III., King Solomon, 1876, 12mo. 6. Life and Letters of EJ Armstrong, Lon., 1877, 12mo. 7. A Garland from Greece, [poems,] 1882. 8. Stories of Wicklow, [poems,] Lon., 1886. " Every poem In his volume Is well wrought out, and Is good in Its...
עמוד 52 - ... enter together, in conversation. SOLOMON. - HALCOL, thy words have darkened me like fears That traverse the mind's pleasant paths, and pass, And leave a vague disturbing memory. I know not why, but with thine argument I seem like a glad eagle in free flight Smit by the earthy bowman, and brought low. I say, if He be such, and we, but we, Born of one father, of the whole wide earth Seeking, may find him — Javeh, Israel's God — Then seems the world to me a shaft mis-sped. O friends, let this...
עמוד 4 - ... imagination, and the imaginative power displayed in it is as remarkable for the altitude it reaches as for the wide range it commands. " Mr. ARMSTRONG must henceforth take rank among the major poets of his time." From the
עמוד 3 - ARMSTRONG'S powers, and our appreciation of this particular work. . . . He has genius enough, and industry enough, to write wisely and well and enduringly in the field where he has already begun to work with prosperous omens.
עמוד 7 - The canvas is so crowded, the scenes change so quickly, the lights and shadows come and go so fast, that it is not easy to give a good account of it without seemingly destroying...
עמוד 6 - The personages of the drama assume an individuality, and preserve it. It is not that the author labels them or insists on their attributes, but that their own speech bewrayeth them. This is true dramatic art.
עמוד 10 - The writer has a style of his own. It displays, indeed, the fervent audacious rhetoric which distinguishes our youngest school of poets, but it has a sufficiently marked individuality. . . . Repose is a quality which it would probably disdain.
עמוד 11 - Poems,' which is likely to attract attention. . . . We shall not be surprised if this little volume causes a considerable fuss. ... It is certainly well deserving of examination.
עמוד 229 - Of all things good earth-draggled wisdom wins, Is better than the worst, being not pain — With the mild pulse returned. Mine eyes are clear To see wherein I stand, as far as eye Of man may see, and mind of man may know, The brain not shaken, jerking its poor freight Like wine i