| 单词 | versify |
| 例句 | What “The Bricks That Built the Houses” fails, at times, to give us is the measure of its author’s keen lingual instinct, the charisma and dynamism of Tempest on a stage, freestyling, reciting, versifying. Kate Tempest’s Transformations 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z And it's no surprise that OSF veteran David Kelly, with all that Shakespeare versifying in his tool kit, can rip through the presto patter tune "The Modern Major-General's Song" with such alacrity. 5 plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: a critic's take 2011-07-31T04:07:15Z The body of Turkish poetry and versified romances written in subsequent centuries was largely dependent on Iranian models. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z Michelangelo's poems themselves, no mere versifying but central to the canon of Italian literature, embrace truth, love, anger, creativity, immortality. Michelangelo Sonnets; Hippolyte et Aricie – review 2013-07-06T23:09:04Z And for Anderson the chance to versify in song proved irresistible. Rare Reprises for an Unlikely Collaboration 2011-01-23T00:59:00Z The bounce of this versified self-portrait — there are six more stanzas — is quite irresistible, as T.S. Review | A plump, Victorian gentleman who was so very pleasant to know 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z So after his death, in winking homage, she versifies instead his medical woes. In ‘Reckoning,’ Eve Ensler Unveils a New Name but Familiar Targets 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Its prose accretes the oracular weight of a holy text as it evokes the genesis of Little Boy’s lonely consciousness, and it exempts itself from pedestrian laws of punctuation to support the versifying rhythm. What We’re Reading This Summer 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The sounds on offer throughout two hours also span Albarn's lovelier acoustic numbers and more conventionally operatic versifying. Nicki Minaj; Dr Dee – review 2012-06-30T23:07:10Z Artfully arranged words, lofty and lowdown, are the weapons of choice in “ToasT,” Lemon Andersen’s ambitious and unwieldy new play about versifying behind bars, which opened on Tuesday night at the Public Theater. Review: ‘ToasT’ Where Words Are a Cellblock’s Weapon of Choice 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The voices collected here elaborate and extend the mantras, such as Langston Hughes versifying his insistence that America live up to its myth, and James Baldwin defining protest as a duty. George Floyd died right before the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. This photo essay spans the current protests — but the quotes paired with them span 100 years. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Preparing the text has been a process of “distillation, musicalizing some phrasings and versifying some lines.” Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Paraphrased and versified, some of Hardwick’s letters, along with her spoken words from that supposedly merry phone call of June 25, 1970, would find their way into the book, without her permission. Marriage, Betrayal, and the Letters Behind “The Dolphin” 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s true we sometimes drop the ball— Our meter’s off or badly blown, Our rhymes so slant as to be prone— The versifying lacks a lot. “Greetings, Friends!” The New Yorker’s 2018 Christmas Poem 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Michelangelo’s guide to Constantinople is Mesihi, the Grand Vizier’s secretary and a poet renowned for his “versified catalogue” of Ottoman beauties. When Michelangelo Went to Constantinople 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Debussy, facing the gnomic text of “Pelléas,” made the radical decision to set it line by line, without recourse to a versifying librettist. The Velvet Revolution of Claude Debussy 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z He served in Africa, southern France and Italy during World War II, a period that he said led him to “versify in earnest.” Richard Wilbur, American poet who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, dies at 96 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Ditch Lazarus and her versifying about a “world-wide welcome” for the poor. Lexington: Forget the huddled masses 2013-11-07T16:05:15Z Don Juan is something more than A versified Aurora Borealis, Which flashes o'er a waste and icy clime. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z It was an old Irish legend, versified with surpassing grace and spirit, of which this is the argument. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Then followed "America, a Prophecy," and "Europe, a Prophecy," irregularly versified, imaginative, and almost unintelligible productions. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Ruby, quiet and gentle, with an aptitude for versifying, is well contrasted with her headstrong, impulsive cousin Effie. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z When he was not versifying, he was making jokes, telling anecdotes or trying to speak Little-Russian to Purring Cat, who, being from Little Russia, answered his questions with smiling passivity. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The third and last group of the writings of Hrosvitha is that of her versified historical chronicles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z He died before he had finished versifying it. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But peradventure, you think Pope Gregory I. lived before Virgil, and Virgil versified him. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The palm of excellence was adjudged to Anseri, who versified the tale of Sohrab slain by his own father Roostem, one of the most pathetic and affecting narratives in any language. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z The gay poet then took to versifying on the “three blond beards” of this trio. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z He cites Douce’s versified letter to Sir Henry Wotton: “And thicken on you now, as prayers ascend To heaven on troops at a good man’s passing bell.” Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z No philologist or linguist, I am yet an untiring walker and versifier: and really I think that few things are pleasanter than to walk and to versify. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z He even amplified, versified, and enfeebled, certain rough and ready sentences dictated by Giles. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The ill Success of his Verses was so far from abating his versifying Humour, that his Passion for Poetry was only become the stronger. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z Might not the contents of the Journals, in like sort, be rendered somewhat less prosy than they sometimes are by being versified? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 2011-12-12T03:00:30.070Z A versified sketch of him appeared in the Gentleman’s Magazine, lxi. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z All very suitable," commented the Beau, "till you grow tired of versifying life. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette; or, Lord Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, versified, By a Lady, is both longer and later than The Graces; unlike that poem, it remains anonymous. Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters. The Graces (1774), The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette (1776) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.883Z He learned to write and speak Persian with complete facility and Arabic with the utmost elegance; he versified, and his accomplishments included archery, horsemanship, and polo. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Nevertheless, in the midst of his recklessness, and by the quickness of his genius, he had learned "a little store of Latin," and acquired the habit of writing good prose, or of versifying agreeably. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z It seems to me that Branwell's poetical genius is as much higher than that of his sister Emily as hers was superior to the talents of Charlotte and Anne, in their versified productions. The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:25.173Z Nor is there much authority for a supposition that the early French poets merely versified with amplifications the stories of chroniclers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Each narrative is followed by a versified version of it. Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-13T02:00:32.783Z The oracles were sometimes in verse, but more commonly in prose; in the latter case they were immediately versified by poets employed for that purpose. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z A minor fault of this period is the too frequent interruption of explanatory notes, that break and mar the free-flowing melody of versified thought. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z It is a lively, versified description of life and manners of Bath. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z "I have attempted," he says, "to do justice to American scenery and American character, not to versify minutiæ of battles." Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z And Goldsmith, like many contemporaries, was only versifying the sentiments uttered most powerfully by Rousseau in his famous exaltation of the ideal man of nature above the man of a corrupt civilisation. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Cowper has beautifully versified this idea in his hymn, beginning 'God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform'; you will find it in Belknap. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Besides her lays she versified a collection of fables, Isopet, and translated from the Latin The Purgatory of Saint Patrick,—one of those other-world journeys that preceded the Divine Comedy. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Besides the inscriptions added to the pictures and often given in versified form, there are a number of rhymed Bibles, as these versifications of the Biblical history are called. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z For, on the previous evening, he had heard his lordship talk of having ordered some quite different piece to be prepared and versified. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z The son of the muses who had versified the matter acted a part himself, as father of the muses. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z The reader will have noticed in the phrase about ‘versifying Pet-lamb’ a repetition from this very ode On Indolence. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z In a history of our vernacular literature, the introduction of a versified psalter and of psalm-singing forms an incident; as the passion for psalmody itself is a portion of the history of the Reformation. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He praises Surrey's blank verse rendering of the fourth book of the �neid, but regrets that, in disregarding quantity, it falls short of the "perfect and true versifying." A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The best surviving sample of a non-scriptural rustic play is probably Saint Guillaume of Poitou, a Breton versified drama in seven acts. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z It has been made into a romance by Hoffman, and is versified by Trinius. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z I hope I am a little more of a Philosopher than I was, consequently a little less of a versifying Pet-lamb. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z German song of the Ladybird is beautifully versified in the preface to “German Popular Stories,” by the late Edgar Taylor. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z As a result of this notion, Scaliger asserts that if the history of Herodotus were versified, it would no longer be history, but historical poetry. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Now one starts an acrostic on the prince's name, in which each side takes alternate letters; then the other versifies some sacred passage, which his opponent must catch up when he breaks off. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z He had already made several attempts at versifying incidents from the Mabinogion and Malory’s old romance Morte d’ Arthur, but they were isolated fragments. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z After adapting the Miracle-plays of medieval orthodoxy to their stage, they versified the Legends of the Saints, and went so far as to dramatize novels of a purely secular character. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z From his example, too, added to the national character, the historical epic became in future times the great poetical resource of the Romans, who versified almost every important event in their history. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Aristotle says that imitation, and not metre, is the test of poetry; that even if a history were versified, it would still remain history. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The Albanian keens are not always versified; 376 they sometimes consist simply in the endless reiteration of a single phrase. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z A great number of editions and translations appeared, and it was even versified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The Ameto is a tissue of pastoral tales, descriptions, and versified interludes, prolix in style and affected with pedantic erudition. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z In versifying the philosophical system of Epicurus, Lucretius appears to have taken Empedocles as his model. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z His original intention was to have versified the whole poem, but he afterwards confined his rhymes to the more decorative parts, and delivered the rest in plain prose. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z I have always considered "Woodman, spare that tree," just about the most mawkish bit of badly versified prose in our language, and never could guess how it should touch the sensibilities of any one. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z There in 1645 Andrew Marvell met him, and described his leanness and his rage for versifying in a witty satire, “Flecknoe, an English Priest at Rome.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z What they found ready to their hand in prose, they versified. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The gigantic versified paraphrase of Scripture history called the Cursor Mundi,18 is held also to have been composed before 1300. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The fourth part, on the approach of death, is that which is best versified. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z And Darwin's versified Botanical Garden has been a standing joke. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z As Swinburne's "Songs Before Sunrise" had first set me versifying, so the "Earthly Paradise" reinforced the original virus. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z You have not left off versifying for one thing. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Ruskin somewhere analyzes the difference between real poetry and prose in a versified form, and quoting a few lines from Byron, he points out the single word in them which makes the passage poetic. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z It is merely a question of technical versifying and use of language. The True Benjamin Franklin The examples of Lucretius versifying philosophy in his Nature of Things, and that of Horace writing literary criticism in verse in his Art of Poetry, have been fruitful of mischief. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The emotional part of Sir James Simpson’s nature found some small expression in versifying both, as we have seen, in early years and in later days. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine He roughly tells the whole versifying crowd that genius alone will live in coming ages. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The poetical remains include a number of religious poems, or poems on sacred themes; ecclesiastical narratives, as lives of saints and versified chronicles; psalms and hymns; secular lyrics; allegories, gnomic poems, riddles, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli This gave rise to the practice of versifying the Psalms. The Story of Our Hymns He showed that verse was but an ornament and did not make poetry, and that there were many poets, among whom he named Xenophon, who never versified. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z He was himself continually versifying, and his early romantic lyrics are inspired by lofty thought. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 A versified account of the Passion of our Lord, recounting the events from Palm Sunday to Easter, with the addition of many legendary incidents from the Gospel of Nicodemus and other similar sources. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Do you think I want to come back in a year and still be able to versify my grief like that? Plashers Mead A Novel However, his versified Psalms became immensely popular with the French Huguenots and exerted a great influence in the struggle between the Protestants and the papal party. The Story of Our Hymns Plato had the good sense to write in prose instead of following the ridiculous method of versifying of the early Greek philosophers, like Parmenides and Empedocles. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The book of Job is the principal poetic exception to this, although some authorities place the Song of Solomon as a versified drama also. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Such is the Mystery of the Siege of Orleans which versifies and dramatises, at a date very shortly subsequent to the actual events, the account of them already made public in different chronicles. A Short History of French Literature Now and then they would be violent and rebellious pasquinades against men in power,—his supposed enemies,—versified slanders upon imaginary oppressors. One Of Them Ramsay versified the arguments used by the various speakers, executing the task in a manner at once so graceful and witty that the Club formally declared him to be 'a gentleman by merit.' Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Having been educated by a French priest at Rome, he entered the Jesuits’ college of his native town, where he produced a tragedy on the 412 story of Darius, and versified the Pharsalia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Now, since he has retired from business and is in prosperous circumstances, he versifies whenever and wherever he wants to, in the evening as well as in the daytime. Methods of Authors Written before the vogue of the versified Arthurian Romances had consecrated the octosyllable, these poems are in couplets of six syllables. A Short History of French Literature He also versified, not very successfully, a fable of Æsop's which began— "Æsop once to the people who dwell in the city of Corinth Said, 'Let virtue be judged not by the popular voice.'" Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Mr. Ellis's translations from Catullus are all "in the metres of the original," and are among the most interesting specimens of modern classical versifying. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Its name suggests the well-known story of the greenwood outlaw which has been charmingly versified by George Linley in the libretto. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers "He then proceeded to versify at his leisure the prose he had written, selecting with care the ideas he thought best, and rejecting those which he deemed" unworthy of a place. Methods of Authors Both poems are well written and versified, but decidedly in the rhétoriqueur style. A Short History of French Literature These pieces of Chaucer were not the only ones that were versified by Pope. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition And Pope "versified" two of them, so as to bring them into a form pleasing to the ear of his age. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History If a wedding had occurred during his absence he was ready to versify it, and equally ready to lament the loss of a favorite cow. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 The orator needs it when he speaks, the poet when he versifies, but neither cares how stupid he may become when the oration is delivered and the lyric set down on paper. The Intellectual Life Then we have nearly three hundred epigrams, many of them excellent in point and elegance, a certain number of translations, the Psalms, fifty in number, certain prayers, and two versified renderings of Erasmus' Colloquies. A Short History of French Literature Pope says he was induced to subjoin in his notes the passages he had versified by "the fear that he had prejudiced Isaiah and Virgil by his management." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition In 1593 Stanyhurst's hexameters were severely noticed in a passage by Thomas Nash directed primarily against the classical versifying of Gabriel Harvey. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History M. Paul de Musset does not relate that his brother began to versify in his infancy; but Alfred was indeed hardly more than an infant when he achieved his first success. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The legend of Hatto, versified by Southey, has stamped the memory of the Mouse Tower and its associations so indelibly upon the mind that it overshadows in interest all else in the vicinity. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine “Either that gloom overspread me,” so he wrote to James Rice, “or I was suffering under some passionate feeling, or, if I turned to versify, that exacerbated the poison of either sensation.” Life of John Keats Dryden, who is known not to be nicely scrupulous, informs us, that he would not versify it on account of its indecency. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition This triad is thus versified in the Brussels ms. The Triads of Ireland The "Prelude" is the first regular versified autobiography we remember in our language. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 In affectionate dialogue, versified, they recount their love and their grief. The Forerunners Its hymns are not real hymns, but versified theological dissertations, or sermons in rhyme. The History of Freedom The second company arrive immediately afterwards, and prefer the same request in the lines versified by Pope, when Fame, with her usual capriciousness, refuses their prayer, and orders Eolus to sound their praises. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Spenser "is more in love with his English versifying than with ryming,"—"which," he says to Harvey, "I should have done long since, if I would then have followed your counsel." Spenser The original, after all, is in Donne, long afterwards versified by our poet. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Suddenly looking up, the minister exclaimed, ‘Art thou the versifying man?’ East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations I know somebody who is ready to versify to double the extent at the same cost to you, and do his best, too, and you also know. The Brownings Their Life and Art "Pope," he said to the Lords, "has a knack of versifying, but in prose I think myself a match for him." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Like Gabriel Harvey, he induced Spenser to waste his time on the artificial versifying which was in vogue. Spenser Pope, who was now alarmed at the tendency of some of those principles he had so innocently versified, received Warburton as his tutelary genius. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors "The High Cost of Flivving", by Albert Thompson, is a bright bit of versified humour involving novel interpretations of certain technical terms of literature. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Thus Grant in Laura’s autograph album after all his versifying on the kitchen table could only write “Truly Yours” and leave her to define the deep significance of the phrase so obviously inverted. In the Heart of a Fool To confute this sentiment, to upset 'Candide,'288 This dull product of a scoffer's pen, is the purpose of the lofty poetry and versified prose of the long dialogues which ensue. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) It was a place and time when, in the Hartford vocabulary, "Patriot stood synonymous with rogue"; and their versified squibs were let off at men rather than at measures. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Whitehead has versified an admirable reflection of Pope’s, in the preface to his works:— For wanting wit be totally undone, And barr’d all arts, for having fail’d in one? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors But Miss Hamlet should by all means persist in her versifying, since there can be no doubt that she owns an instinctive grasp of the basic laws of rhyme and rhythm. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Occasionally we tried to "beat time" by versifying our own and our neighbours' "experiences" of Vichy. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 The small western room the boys called theirs was the scene of the story Trowbridge has so neatly versified. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Romance, indeed, is the animating soul of the body of Scottish ballad poetry; the note that gives it unity and distinguishes it from mere versified history and folklore. The Balladists Famous Scots Series ‘He has,’ said Curll, ‘a knack at versifying; but in prose I think myself a match for him.’ Calamities and Quarrels of Authors "Revised Edition," by Mrs. Jeanette Timkin, is a versified piece of keen humour and good metre, well illustrating the opening of the third or aerial element to human travel. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Barksted versifies this speech in stanzas 1 and 2, putting it at the beginning instead of toward the end, where it comes in Painter's novella. Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) A single day sufficed to compose a versified drama. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Although Courtenay merely versified material which other writers had discussed in much more detail, his poem is important because it synthesizes the conflicting attitudes towards Johnson which prevailed immediately after his death. A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) The other, under the title of "Eloisa to Abelard," versifies the Latin letters of that distinguished amorist to her lover. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History "The Wind Fairies", by Jean F. Barnum, is a poem in prose which contains more of the genuine poetic essence than does the average contemporary versified effort. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Primrose wandered among them now and then, not understanding, and having a greater fondness for the versifying part than the prose. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The ensuing colloquy is interesting, as being practically a versified form of the scholastic method of discussion, such as we find in Aquinas. Dante: His Times and His Work The tendency of the Japanese has always been to accompany their feasting and merry-making with music, versifying, and dancing. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Mr. Masefield, that robust and versifying sailor, is as irritable as a man with a bad cold. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work There was preaching, and the chanting, in rhythm but not rhyme, of a versified story of the life of Christ. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The fault of this is that the too conscientious historian is constantly versifying what must be called mere expletive matter. A History of Elizabethan Literature The average standard of versifying was higher, perhaps, than it has ever been before or since. Dante: His Times and His Work Bower, in a versified colophon, claims the merit of having completed eleven out of the sixteen books composing the Scotichronicon lib. xvi. cap. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 Let children, when they versify, stick here And there, these piddling words for want of matter. Spare Hours So I thought, Why waste five hours trying to versify the incident? Something Else Again “Its brilliancy of color would be sufficient to attract the childish eye were it not in its versified text amusing and clever.” Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall Indeed, the scraps of magical versified spells in Märchen are entirely of the character of nursery rhymes, and are of dateless antiquity. The Nursery Rhyme Book On another night, even at the Porte St. Martin, drawn there doubtless by the attraction of repulsion, he supped full with the horrors of classicality at a performance of Orestes versified by Alexandre Dumas. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The Hindu statutes tripped in feet As daintily as Dryads, And law in Wales to be complete Was versified in triads. Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series We shall endeavour to versify it, à la Patmore, conceiving that its issue is very similar to that of his story of “The River.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Exuberant power and rejoicing freedom mark Dryden versifying—a smooth flow, a prompt fertility, a prodigal splendour of words and images. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 She must first versify the fourth book of “The World as Will and Idea.” The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. In histrionic and versifying power he rivalled his countryman, Sheridan, who never forgave him for deserting the Whigs and going over to Pitt. William Pitt and the Great War Lamartine had versified already in a manner which has affinities with that of those eighteenth-century poets and elegiac singers of the Empire whom he was to banish from public regard. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. This tale is versified from Boccacio’s story of the Falcon, with which many of our readers may be acquainted; if not, they will find it in the fifth day, novel ninth, of the Decameron. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 No better illustration of this can be given than the story from South Smaland of the fair Castle east of the Sun and north of the Earth, versified so exquisitely in “The Earthly Paradise.” The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology “He has,” said Curll, “a knack at versifying, but in prose I think myself a match for him.” The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II A Greek named Babrius, of whom almost nothing is known, is remembered because he collected and versified some of the so-called Fables of Aesop. Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine The versified chronicle or history in the thirteenth century declined among Anglo-Norman writers, but was continued in Flanders and in France. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Long before modern European nations received this imagery of past credulities the poets of Greece and Rome had versified the same old-time beliefs. A History of Nursery Rhymes In the duet between Christ and Mary, seeking where they have laid her Son, the librettist has given Christ a versified paraphrase which is questionable both as to taste and grammar. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions With those advantages having learned the art of versifying, he declared himself a poet; and his claim to the laurel was allowed. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II In connection with Hopkins, a clergyman and schoolmaster, he versified a large number of the psalms and published them. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers Virelais, rondeaux, ballades, chants royaux were the newer fashion; and the old versified tale of mirth and ribaldry was by the middle of the century a thing of the past. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. After the verses printed in text there is some versified credo intended to form part of the complete poem; thus: Jesus Christ sacrificed On the cross. Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Many stories also exist in an artificially versified form, but their movement differs entirely from that of the naturally cadenced periods of the ordinary Skazka, or of such rhymed prose as that of “The Mizgir.” Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore With a native turn for versifying, he early invoked the muse, and contributed poetry to the public journals. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century In 1524 he published a collection of hymns which also comprised a few versified psalms. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers The literary value of these is inferior to that of the versified Lives of the Saints. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. How innovate when versifying for a society about to end? A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance You are the subject now, and, writing you, I well may versify, not poetize: Here needs no fiction: for the graces true And virtues clip not with base flatteries. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) And such as they are, such my present tale is, A non-descript and ever-varying rhyme, A versified Aurora Borealis, Which flashes o'er a waste and icy clime. Don Juan Ephesian Matron, versified by La Fontaine, was borrowed from the Italians; it is to be found in Petronius, and Petronius had it from the Greeks. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Lamotte, a writer of comedy, tragedy, opera, fables, eclogues, odes, maintained that the highest literary form is prose, and he versified none the less. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. One Kelston, who dedicated a versified chronicle of the Brutes to Edward VI., went further still, and traced up the pedigree of his majesty through two-and-thirty generations, to Osiris king of Egypt. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth The influence of Wordsworth is observable in a studied familiarity of diction, as well as in the tendency to versify every thought or emotion suggested by daily observation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Each plate to the Life has a quatrain appended, and each fable with its moral is versified beneath the accompanying picture. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Many of them were confessedly versified from prose translations, and are mere English poems, without a tinge of the colour or character of the country. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry A philosopher—and a poem is versified philosophy—should express himself as simply and directly as possible. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century A few of his versified efforts which have come down to us deserve the name of poetry, by virtue of their lofty thoughts and strong, sincere feeling, expressed in graceful, melodious style. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections The course of study followed by women at that time included the classic languages and their literature, oratory, poetry, or the art of versifying, and music. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day For want of something else to entertain you, I begin my criticism immediately.—To versify poetical prose has been found a very difficult task. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica I look back from generation to generation; I scour our annals without finding the least little sketching grandmother, any sign of a building or versifying or collecting or even tulip-raising ancestor. The Tragic Muse "First," said I, "let me assure you that the original is full of a simple, natural tenderness, which I fear, in the double process of translating and versifying, has entirely escaped." Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest No philologist or linguist, I am yet an untiring walker and versifier: and really I think that few things are pleasanter than to walk and to versify. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends It is also true that in spite of his cleverness in versifying, or perhaps because of it, he usually showed little inventiveness in shaping new poetic patterns. Modern American Prose Selections He had, like his son, a singular faculty for versifying, and helped the boy's early lessons by twisting the Latin grammar into grotesque rhymes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Pope, it appears, kept very closely to the words of the English translation, and in some places has done little more than versify the prose, though, of course, it is compressed, rearranged, and modified. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Perhaps," he added, cautiously, "I should never have worked up my versifying talent; but, somehow, I just couldn't seem to help it. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley Alcuin took charge of it after his friend's death, and composed a versified catalogue, of such merit as the nature of the task allowed. The Great Book-Collectors Dean Swift quotes Sir Philip Sidney as saying that the "chief life of modern versifying consists in rhyme." The Last Harvest They had something else to do besides versifying. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O He might again conceivably have written an interesting work, though it would hardly have been a poem—if he had versified the arguments by which a coherent theory might be supported. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series This arrangement gives it very much the appearance of a journal versified, and effectually precludes any imputation of luxuriance of fancy in the plot. Early Reviews of English Poets And such as they are, such my present tale is, A nondescript and ever-varying rhyme, A versified Aurora Borealis, Which flashes o'er a waste and icy clime. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Cecil was not much given to versifying," she wrote in another letter, "he sent me the enclosed when my son was born. Gilbert Keith Chesterton But these are the exceptions, in a mass of standardised poetry made to pattern, loosely versified, respectable in sentiment, uniformly meditative, and entirely without individual character. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters How could any man be angry with a writer of gentle pastorals and versified love-letters? Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Of a highly cultivated mind and most lively fancy, she had early improved a taste for versifying, and acquired the habit of readily clothing her thoughts in the language of poetry. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century We are told that he spent some of his last days in versifying the fables of Æsop. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour So I versified half of The Preacher—it took me a week, working slowly. The Heptalogia For the Munstermen have always been more 'prone to versify' than their leaner neighbours on the bogs and stones of Connaught. Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Gesner's beautiful Idyl of "The First Navigator," supplied Sestini with the Story, in all its details; but he versified it with surprizing facility: and, as far as I could judge, with great spirit and elegance. The Diary of an Ennuyée And if the English soldier is addicted to versifying it may be pleaded in his behalf that, as Mommsen apologetically remarks of Caesar, "they were weak verses." Leaves from a Field Note-Book In general, the contents of these divisions may be described as versified extracts from Oriental history of prevailingly legendary or anecdotal character. The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany The versified story, notwithstanding its quaintness of diction, begins with a dignified directness: “The glorious blessed Time had come, The Father had decreed, Jesus of Mary there was born, And in a Manger laid.” Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book But I don't think the people had ever much opinion of the Stuarts; but in those days they were all prone to versify. Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Margaret was not only given to versifying, but was fond of' framing devices, which she inscribed upon her books and furniture. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) But others come perilously near mere versified moralising. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine Some of them read like versified lessons in Eastern religion, as, for instance, "Der Sufi," p. The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany To this, taking advantage of the use of rhymes, he appended further instruction, including “The Body of Divinity versified.” Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Lady Dacre has shown much grace and ingenuity in the passages of our poet which she has versified; but she could not transfer into English those graces of Petrarchan diction, which are mostly intransferable. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Since then, Mr. Sullivan of Jersey published on his decease some splendid stanzas in French, which by request I versified in English: so that our spirits are now manifestly en rapport. My Life as an Author Though Calvin was a lover of music he restricted its practice among his followers to unisonal psalmody, that is, to certain tunes adapted to the versified psalms sung without accompaniment of harmony voices. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art The end is missing, for while Goldsmith was versifying so feelingly about his friend, death overtook the writer, eighteen years before the subject of the epitaph. The Book of Art for Young People The same critic gave reasons for thinking that the versified metres were by some later hand, and not by King Alfred. Anglo-Saxon Literature Since the days when Godfried of Strasburgh wrote his version of the story it has been versified by many others, among whom, in our days, are Matthew Arnold and Swinburne. Stories of the Wagner Opera It will be considered that my public versifying was quite extempore, as in fact is common with me. My Life as an Author This book, the outgrowth of his early interest in ballads and his own attempts at versifying, exhibited both his editorial and his creative powers. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature The "Almanack" poet no doubt versified an old astrological belief: when the spring sun entered the sign of the Fishes, the love goddess in bird form returned to earth. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria As such doctrines are not known to have appeared in Indian Buddhism before the tenth century it seems probable that the versified edition is late. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 No more lounging against the newel under the carved torch-bearer, while the journalist of the fourth floor spat at the Dreyfusites, and the poet of the entresol threw versified vitriol at perfidious Albion. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Many political discussions took place; and the opinion of Alva, as expressed in the text, is almost literally versified from Davila's account of the conference. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 The wits versified these army commissions; and the idlers, like pioneers, were busied in clearing their way, by picking up the omissions and commissions of the most noted characters. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 "All my tragedies have been composed three times;" and he describes the three stages of conception, development, and versifying. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions There would be no interruptions, such as make versifying almost impossible in a newspaper office. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned There, then, again, is a clear congruity established between your versifying and your clothes; they will both be in the mode, and the mode the same. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary Pope "versified" some of Donne's rugged satires, and Johnson quoted passages from him as examples of the bad taste of the metaphysical poets. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Here he sketched an Egyptian story, versified in Alciphron, but enlarged in the prose romance called The Epicurean. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Still I think his versifying, and generally his aesthetic power is quite wonderful …. The Life of Froude Rhyming, versifying, acting, became through their means the recreation of many thousands of shop-keepers, artisans and even peasants. History of Holland M.R.I.A., our poet par excellence, is occupied at this moment in versifying some portions of this romantic story. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 In his "Essay on Man," Pope versified, without well understanding, the optimistic deism of Leibnitz, as expounded by Shaftesbury and Bolingbroke. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century In the very dawn of tragic composition Greene versified a portion of the 'Orlando Furioso,' and Marlowe devoted one of his most brilliant studies to the villanies of a Maltese Jew. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series If any poem of Browning's may be compared to versified special correspondence, it is this. Robert Browning "Goodness me, Bobby!" retorted her cousin, Libbie, "your versifying certainly gives me a pain." Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp The reproduction herewith of the Preface "On Criticism" and the versified discourse "Of Poetry" is from a copy of the 1707 edition in the Newberry Library, in Chicago. Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) Kirsha versified them; and, we fear, changed them according to the spirit of his time. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Consequently the substance of the stories versified by our poets, the forms of our metres, and the cadences of our prose periods reveal a close attention to Italian originals. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series The author was Edmund Waller, still under a cloud for his old transgression, but recovering himself gradually by his wealth, his plausibility and fine manners, and his powers of versifying. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 The Story of the Cross, an attempt to versify the Gospel narratives, is a strange survival of the Tate and Brady school of poetry. Reviews And therefore he shall be excused from versifying, that he may attend the more diligently. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. Mrs. M—— was fond of narrating this story, and, having a pretty talent that way, she had versified it; though I am bound to say that in plain prose it was much more effective. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 The incident of the viper and the kittens again, which he “versified” in The Colubriad, is chronicled far more charmingly in the letters. The Art of Letters From its nature, deeming the same pertaining to his province as poet; though, as yet, it had not been versified. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I But none of these are as familiar as the versified 'Legends,' nor have they the astonishing variety of entertainment found in the latter. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Bothwell and Queen Mary are not historical dramas, but versified chronicles, a certain number of pages of the annals of Scotland and England in metre, divided into acts and scenes and distributed into parts. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 This journey through Lakeland is described in the galloping anapæsts of the "Iteriad," which was simply the prose journal versified on his return, one of the few enterprises of the sort which were really completed. The Life of John Ruskin They were accompanied by a versified dedication to Kauffmann himself, and they constitute his claim to be considered a poet as well as a philosophic theologian. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 His powers were cramped by the fetters of metre, and his attempts to versify even rich thought and deep feeling were puerile. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Many of the metrical preludes to his lectures are a versified and condensed abstract of the leading doctrine of the discourse. Ralph Waldo Emerson This is little better than a versified fact. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 556, July 7, 1832 The feeling which surviving comrades entertain for their late commnder is one which, from its passion, is susceptible of versified representation, and such it receives. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War The translators of our Bible made use of the German version, and a poet versifying the English Scriptures would therefore be likely to use more words of Teutonic origin than in his original compositions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 His unusual formal talent and mastery of language were a constant temptation to rapid and superficial versifying; but there are in the vast mass of his production many genuine poems of great beauty. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes And yet we should rather call it a versified criticism than a poem in the full sense of that word. Ralph Waldo Emerson It is not our intention that the poet shall versify scientific discoveries. Pictures of Sweden Leigh Hunt has versified an anecdote illustrative of Thomson's luxurious idleness. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Unique of its kind, and, in spite of its shortcomings, possessed of no small poetic interest, William Browne's Britannia's Pastorals may be regarded at pleasure either as a pastoral epic or as a versified romance. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England It was soon found that Mien-yaun's poem was a versified narration of his own experiences. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 They are as honest as Chaucer's, and we like them as they are, not modernized or manipulated by any versifying drill-sergeant,—if we wanted them reshaped whom could we trust to meddle with them? Ralph Waldo Emerson The English writers of this period were strongly influenced by the contemporary literature of France, by the comedies of Molière, the tragedies of Corneille and Racine, and the satires, epistles, and versified essays of Boileau. From Chaucer to Tennyson Thirty years afterwards, Sternhold versified fifty-one of the Psalms; and in 1562, with the help of Hopkins, he completed the Psalter. The Grammar of English Grammars It is not unfairly characterized by Symonds as 'a tissue of pastoral tales, descriptions, and versified interludes, prolix in style and affected with pedantic erudition.' Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England Crossing to the poet, who was absorbed in his day' poesy and talking to himself as he versified, the stranger smiled and spoke. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 When he had filled his common-place book, he began to write; and his poem is little else than his common-place book versified. Famous Reviews It was a period at which his old love of versifying revived with singular activity. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti He told me that he had versified in thirteen languages; and I have heard from others that he had imitated all the Greek and German metres. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Johnson's best poetry is the versified expression of the tone of sentiment with which we are already familiar. Samuel Johnson So, when his pulse is at its lowest, he cannot forget the beautiful surface of his South Sea idyls or of versified English gardens and lanes. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke George Sand did not employ a versified form for her stories, but she belonged to the family of these poets. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings And yet he, though he forbids us to versify in prose, recommends the use of numbers. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. With wondering mind I versified thy praise; But now that Muse with blushes I requite. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse Even versifying, writing and the like pursuits aren't in the line of such as you and me. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books In versifying the completed scenes he found himself, so he wrote to Goethe, before a different tribunal. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Doubtless the best and best-known example of versified words without meaning is "Jabberwocky." A Nonsense Anthology But his use of it was so different that this poem would have seemed utterly lacking in melody to Augustan ears—Pope would have attempted to "versify" it. Robert Browning: How to Know Him Walter knew nothing about the old French modes of versifying; and, unwilling to place himself at a disadvantage, made an evasive reply, and went. Home Again Their ideas of themselves are modest, it's true, yet from all I can gather there's not one who can't versify. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Indeed fire abounds everywhere in his youthful versifying. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller I even tried my hand at versifying, and composed a poem, descriptive of a barrel-organ, in which occurred the following two lines: 'Lo, the barrel turns around, And the cogs within resound.' A Desperate Character and Other Stories If Parliament had set him the task, doubtless he would have willingly undertaken it, as Corneille, in the blindness of Catholic obedience, versified the Imitatio Christi at the command of the Jesuits. Milton In settling all these and many other disputes, in translating, commentating, and versifying, did Henry Ainsworth pass his days; until, worn out by hard labor, and succumbing to long continued weakness, he died in 1623. Sabbath in Puritan New England But everybody else had realised that the trio was struggling for mastery, so without attempting to versify they kept their gaze fixed on them and gave way to laughter. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books If he had ever, like Heine, imagined himself joining his sweetheart in the grave and defying the resurrection in a rapturous embrace, he would probably have thought it beneath his dignity to versify the whimsy. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller This rhyme came by chance; poor Punin was in no mood for versifying. A Desperate Character and Other Stories A person who was present at the funeral, told me the story and the particulars of the interment, as I have versified them. Poems, 1799 The first edition contained nineteen psalms only, which were all versified by Sternhold. Sabbath in Puritan New England "We also don't excel in versifying; what's the use consequently of giving us names, all for no avail?" Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books This man was a great scholar in almost every science, though a layman; was a most excellent poet, philosopher, and rhetorician; perfect, as well in composing and versifying as in haranguing; a most noble speaker…. Among My Books Second Series The Arabian tales, transmitted by the Moors to the Castilians, and by the latter to the French, were in turn versified. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities It was more than the conversation of a versifying lover which made Ibsen speak of Miss Thoresen's "blossoming child-soul" as the bourne of his ambitions. Henrik Ibsen This turn for versifying drew him to a gloomy and depressed schoolfellow, the son of a poor Russian general, who was considered in the school to be a great future light in literature. The Possessed (The Devils) But produce the metre; for though I don't excel in versifying, I shall exert myself to do the best I can, so as to get rid of every slur. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books There were Church legends of saints and martyrs versified, fit certainly to make any other form of martyrdom seem amiable to those who heard them, and to suggest palliative thoughts about Diocletian. Among My Books Second Series In this walk as in others Dryden was the literary chief, and of his plays it can truly be said that the serious ones contain many striking and poetical pieces of declamation, finely versified. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities In his poem The Robin, Whittier has versified the story from a Welsh source. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day On the contrary, he is audibly alive; and the only time he really approached dissolution was when Pope "versified" him. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century The son of Robert and Mrs. Browning seems, strangely enough, considering his chance of a double inheritance of literary ability, not to have been the subject of versified prophecies of this sort. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The "Polyolbion" is nothing less than a versified gazetteer of England and Wales,—fortunately Scotland was not yet annexed, or the poem would have been even longer, and already it is the plesiosaurus of verse. Among My Books Second Series A versifying mania now began to pervade all classes of society; chaplains, doctors, schoolmasters, weavers, blacksmiths, shoemakers—all endeavored to mend their fortunes by rhyming. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities I have ignored the versified form in these extracts, in order to bring them into more direct contrast with the writer's prose, and show that the poetry is inherent. Confessions and Criticisms Marie de France, also, in the thirteenth century, versified one hundred of the fables of Aesop, translating from an English collection, which does not now appear to be extant. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The pantoum is particularly theirs—a form arising from their habits of improvisation and competitive versifying. Malayan Literature Was he hinting at the vanity and vexation of poor Elsley's versifying? Two Years Ago, Volume II. We seldom know the name of the trouvère by whom these anecdotes were versified. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Then he would versify as much strange information as he could remember; that might take a few months. The Epic An Essay Fénélon suggested the story, the pupil put it into prose, and La Fontaine versified it. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes V. poetize, sing, versify, make verses, rhyme, scan. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases It is reported of our author that he was very smart, and witty in his repartees, and had a most excellent talent at extempore versifying, above any poet of his time. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. While Scotland thus redeemed the poetical character of the fifteenth century, her living tongue was used only in versified compositions. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities And after this manner pursuing the hint, he mentions many other restrained methods of versifying, to which industrious ignorance has sometimes voluntarily subjected itself. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons His work was versified in Latin, at the instance of Seneca; and Quinctilian refers to it as a reading-book for boys. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Mr Dryden also versified it a second time. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Unsarí was one of the seven poets whom Mahmud appointed to give specimens of their powers in versifying the History of the Kings of Persia. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 Jenyns versified this effeminization of Christianity, charged orthodoxy with attributing cruelty to God, and asserted that faith in divine and human kindness would banish all wrong and discord from the world. English Poets of the Eighteenth Century This genre of versified oration to one's mistress was unusually popular in Elizabethan England. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism A "nondescript and ever varying rhyme"—"a versified aurora borealis," half cynical, half Epicurean, it takes a partial though a subtle view of that microcosm on stilts called the great world. Byron Harvey, we may suppose, is paying him a visit in the North; or perhaps the pastoral is merely a versifying of what passed between them in letters. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Then, as they get on, we versify, for the better impressing their memories, the sayings of wise men, the deeds of old time, or moral tales. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 “Not My will but Thine be, done,” which is beautifully versified by Frances Ridley Havergal, in the couplet, “Take my will and make it thine, It shall be no longer mine.” The Theology of Holiness The versified legends were very rarely poetic; they were simply narratives in verse. Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People This incident is versified in Don Juan, v. 33-39, with anatomical minuteness of detail. Byron The art of versifying in the vulgar tongue was uncommon in those times, and was only practised by the nobility. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Captain Grose, the antiquary, who was collecting materials for his “Antiquities of Scotland,” published in 1789-91, got Burns to versify it and give it to him. Playful Poems "There have been many most excellent poets that never versified." English literary criticism His slimness and gayety had disappeared as well as his dreaminess and versifying instincts. The Awakening of Helena Richie It is no mere versified Guide, because every resting-place in the pilgrimage is made interesting by association with illustrious memories. Byron He had already shown high appreciation of the virtue which lies in a good book when he chose Ghislanzoni to versify the Egyptian story of "Aïda." Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time At one time it would be poetising and versifying that decided my choice of a friend; at another, theatrical enterprises, while now and then it would be a longing for rambling and mischief. My Life — Volume 1 Must I repine Because I'm not divine, And may not versify some pretty story To prove to you my own immortal glory? The Hidden Children Chopin not only versifies an exercise in thirds; he transforms it into such a work of art that in studying it one could sooner fancy himself on Parnassus than at a lesson. Chopin : the Man and His Music The laughter heard in circles not pervaded by the Comic idea, will sound harsh and soulless, like versified prose, if you step into them with a sense of the distinction. Complete Short Works of George Meredith The hero, with his hen-like persistency of purpose, his weeping, fainting, and versifying, is interesting enough, and proves that 'Love can find out the way.' The Life of Sir Richard Burton A more or less appropriate stanza from another ballad would slip in; or the reciter would tell in prose the matter of which he forgot the versified form. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy In this final volume the poet cast his handful of incense on the altar of Scott, versifying the tale of Il Bizarro, which the dying Sir Walter records in his Journal in Italy. Alfred Tennyson In the swampy jungles of West Africa a tale or two has been turned into English, or a poem has been versified during the tedium of official life in the dank climate of Brazil. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 O my son, verily long versifying hath tired these damsels, and indeed they make us yearn after the houses and the homesteads with the beauty of their songs. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] The hero with his hen-like persistency of purpose, his weeping, fainting and versifying is interesting enough and proves that "Love can find out the way." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 But who changed the prophecy to a dream of Douglas, and who versified Godscroft's "a dead man shall winne a field, and I hope in God it shall be I"? Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy He was exceedingly fanatic and died of sensuality, having first kicked his doctor to death, and he spent his last moments in versifying. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 When she had finished her versifying, she would have risen to pray, but, lo and behold! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 I translate "inshád" by "versifying" or "repeating" or "reciting," leaving it doubtful if the composition be or be not original. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 Out of the preceding conversation must have originated the following poem, which was found in the common receptacle of these versified contributions: Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Many of the descriptions of manners are versified from the Iliad and the Odyssey. Helen of Troy Out of the preceding conversation must have originated the following poem, which was found in the common receptacle of these versified contributions: TARTARUS. Over the Teacups A lady loses her muff, her fan, or her lap-dog, and so the silly poet runs home to versify the disaster.' The Vicar of Wakefield Hearken then awhile to me; And if such a woman move As I now shall versify, Be assured 'tis she or none, That I love, and love alone. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Those charges were, after the lapse of a quarter of a century, versified by Prior, whom Coningsby had treated with great insolence and harshness. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 This music, this versifying, this admitting a stranger so unreservedly into your pursuits?' The Heir of Redclyffe Voltaire’s father thought him a fool for his versifying, and attached him as secretary to the Marquis of Châteauneuf; when he went as ambassador to the Hague. Letters on England Tycho was indeed always fond of versifying, and he lost no opportunity of indulging this taste whenever an occasion presented itself. Great Astronomers One of my cousins was known to be the chief story-teller, and I was recognized as the leading rhymer among the younger contributors; the editor-sister excelling in her versifying, as she did in almost everything. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) The conditions of verse in different languages vary so widely as to make any versified translation of a poem but an imperfect reproduction of the archetype. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell I shall never break him of that habit of versifying. Adventures Among Books They versified psalms together; and he began to write for her amusement when she had her baby first upon her hands, his romance of "Arcadia." A Defence of Poesie and Poems Imitating the classic metres, "versifying," as it was called in contradistinction to rhyming, was becoming fast the fashion among the more learned. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Of course I did not consider my own foolish little versifying poetry. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) One man owes his ill-savored conceit to the flattery of a mistress; another owes his versifying vanity to those who are paid to call him a great poet. The Lesser Bourgeoisie The moral of all this is that minor poetry has its fashions, and that the butterfly Bayly could versify very successfully in the fashion of a time simpler and less pedantic than our own. Essays in Little The work of Herodotus might be versified; but it would still be a species of History, no less with metre than without. A Defence of Poesie and Poems The words, that he versified out of the Greek prose of Philostratus, cannot be thought of without the tune. Letters on Literature But peradventure, you think Pope Gregory I lived before Virgil, and Virgil versified him. The Cloister and the Hearth Dante, in his 'Credo,' has again versified the Lord's prayer. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete But all the poems are interspersed with songs and ballads, as the beautiful ballad of “Alice Brand”; and Scott’s fame rests on these far more than on his later versified romances. Essays in Little He even amplified, versified, and enfeebled certain rough and ready sentences dictated by Giles. The Cloister and the Hearth |
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