The tragedy of Israel [in verse]. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 16
עמוד 5
... ... This whole passage is deserving of special attention , as is also the beautiful choric lament over the death of Samuel . On the whole , we feel bound to congratulate Mr. ARMSTRONG on the successful issue to which he has carried his 5.
... ... This whole passage is deserving of special attention , as is also the beautiful choric lament over the death of Samuel . On the whole , we feel bound to congratulate Mr. ARMSTRONG on the successful issue to which he has carried his 5.
עמוד 12
... feel we are in the presence of a worthy ideal of the great Hebrew monarch .... We are bound to say that few in our judgment could , out of such materials , have produced a drama of such absorbing interest , and clear high purpose ...
... feel we are in the presence of a worthy ideal of the great Hebrew monarch .... We are bound to say that few in our judgment could , out of such materials , have produced a drama of such absorbing interest , and clear high purpose ...
עמוד 5
... feel his arm grow heavy , and his bridle Spit from the mouth . What then ? Shall we not heed ? Then might the slender hand of Edom strike A headless and divided foe , and wage An equal war . How then should Edom fail ? EDOMITES . As the ...
... feel his arm grow heavy , and his bridle Spit from the mouth . What then ? Shall we not heed ? Then might the slender hand of Edom strike A headless and divided foe , and wage An equal war . How then should Edom fail ? EDOMITES . As the ...
עמוד 8
... Israel , Mayst thou too feel the burning chain ! Bond - slave in alien cities dwell ! Weep for thy hills , and weep in vain ! And thou , strong King , whose tyrant hand . Lies heavy on our neck to - day , Beware 8 THE TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL .
... Israel , Mayst thou too feel the burning chain ! Bond - slave in alien cities dwell ! Weep for thy hills , and weep in vain ! And thou , strong King , whose tyrant hand . Lies heavy on our neck to - day , Beware 8 THE TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL .
עמוד 9
... feel and know ; Now comes it like a smoke that , quick as risen , Is lost in the blue air . Strange frame of man , Responsive to the moisture and the fire As is the corded lute ! And what are we But servile instruments whereon old earth ...
... feel and know ; Now comes it like a smoke that , quick as risen , Is lost in the blue air . Strange frame of man , Responsive to the moisture and the fire As is the corded lute ! And what are we But servile instruments whereon old earth ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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