ISBN: 9780217743501

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1891. Excerpt: ... ENGL… More...

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1891. Excerpt: ... ENGLISH LOVE-SONGS. In a fair and far-off country, hidden to none, though visited by few, dwell a little band of lovely ladies, to whose youth and radiance the poets have added the crowning gift of immortality. There they live, with faint alluring smiles that never fade; and at their head is Helen of Troy, white-bosomed, azureeyed, to whom men forgave all things for her beauty''s sake. There, too, is Lesbia, fair and false, laughing at a broken heart, but holding close and tenderly the dead sparrow That, living, never strayed from her sweet breast. She kisses its ruffled wings and weeps, she who had no tears to spare when Catullus sung and sued. And there is Myrto, beloved by Theocritus, her naked feet gleaming like pearls, a bunch of Coan rushes pressed in her rosy fingers; and the nameless girl who held in check Anacreon''s wandering heart with the magic of dimples, and parted lips, and thin purple floating garments. With these are later beauties: Fiammetta the ruddyhaired, whom death snatched from Boccaccio''s arms, and the gentle Catarina, raising those heavy-lidded eyes that Camoens loved and lost; Petrarch''s Laura, robed in pale green spotted with violets, one golden curl escaping wantonly beneath her veil; the fair blue-stocking, Leonora d''Este, pale as a rain-washed rose, her dress in sweet disorder; and Beatrice, with the stillness of eternity in her brooding eyes. If we listen, we hear the shrill laughter of Mignonne, a child of fifteen summers, mocking at Ronsard''s wooing; or we catch the gentler murmur of Highland Mary''s song. She blushes a little, the low-born lass, and sinks her graceful head, as though abashed by the fame her peasant lover brought her. Barefooted, yellow - haired, she passes swiftly by; and with her, hand in hand, walks Scotland''s queen, sad Jane Beauf... Agnes Repplier, Books, Fiction and Literature, Essays and Letters, Points of view Books>Fiction and Literature>Essays and Letters This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Gay and Bird in 1891 in 258 pages; Subjects: Literature, Modern; History / General; Humor / Form / Essays; Literary Collections / Essays; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Travel / Essays & Travelogues;<

ISBN: 9780217743501

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1891. Excerpt: ... ENGL… More...

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1891. Excerpt: ... ENGLISH LOVE-SONGS. In a fair and far-off country, hidden to none, though visited by few, dwell a little band of lovely ladies, to whose youth and radiance the poets have added the crowning gift of immortality. There they live, with faint alluring smiles that never fade; and at their head is Helen of Troy, white-bosomed, azureeyed, to whom men forgave all things for her beauty''s sake. There, too, is Lesbia, fair and false, laughing at a broken heart, but holding close and tenderly the dead sparrow That, living, never strayed from her sweet breast. She kisses its ruffled wings and weeps, she who had no tears to spare when Catullus sung and sued. And there is Myrto, beloved by Theocritus, her naked feet gleaming like pearls, a bunch of Coan rushes pressed in her rosy fingers; and the nameless girl who held in check Anacreon''s wandering heart with the magic of dimples, and parted lips, and thin purple floating garments. With these are later beauties: Fiammetta the ruddyhaired, whom death snatched from Boccaccio''s arms, and the gentle Catarina, raising those heavy-lidded eyes that Camoens loved and lost; Petrarch''s Laura, robed in pale green spotted with violets, one golden curl escaping wantonly beneath her veil; the fair blue-stocking, Leonora d''Este, pale as a rain-washed rose, her dress in sweet disorder; and Beatrice, with the stillness of eternity in her brooding eyes. If we listen, we hear the shrill laughter of Mignonne, a child of fifteen summers, mocking at Ronsard''s wooing; or we catch the gentler murmur of Highland Mary''s song. She blushes a little, the low-born lass, and sinks her graceful head, as though abashed by the fame her peasant lover brought her. Barefooted, yellow - haired, she passes swiftly by; and with her, hand in hand, walks Scotland''s queen, sad Jane Beauf... Agnes Repplier, Books, Fiction and Literature, Essays and Letters, Points of view Books>Fiction and Literature>Essays and Letters, General Books LLC<

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