| 单词 | idyl |
| 例句 | We were like lovers estranged, searching for a lost idyl that couldn't be reclaimed. A lunchbox lesson in letting go 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z In 1872, in the full maturity of his powers and when the national peace had allowed him to indulge the peace in his own heart, he wrote his exquisite idyl, The Pennsylvania Pilgrim. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z It is all but certain that the idyl of 'The Rainbow' and the bacchanalia of 'The Village Fair' were painted nowhere else but at Steen.... Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The play is an idyl, in which all that is wholesome in every-day life is brought into prominence to gladden the heart and refresh the senses. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z So amiable a tendency deserves encouragement, and Mr. Punch has much pleasure in offering the following little idyl to the notice of any Mammoth Comique who may happen to be in a sentimental mood. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z Brook Farm was an idyl; and in the days of epics, the idyl is easily forgotten. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z It should seem that no one could go through Whittier's poems even casually without remarking the peculiar beauty of the idyl called The Pennsylvania Pilgrim. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Tender little idyls sprang up in our sober midst. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z One of the most charming idyls of patriarchal times is the story of Rebecca at the Well. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z The home that the squirrel built for his summer idyl is shattered by the winds aloft and falls to earth with other finished things. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Idyll′ic, of or belonging to idyls: pastoral. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z But the question here takes on its most human and least political form; it lets in just enough of the outside world of action to save the idyl from unreality. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Abounding in beautiful descriptions and delicate pathos, this charming love idyl will instantly appeal to the million and a quarter people who have read and enjoyed “Three Weeks.” The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The novels laid in war-time are either sanguine melodrama or absurd idyls of maidens whose lovers are at the front—a tragic theme if tragically and not sentimentally conceived. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The love scenes in this narrative are idyllic; in fact, the whole book is an idyl. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z That the giant who is hostile to the gods, and who is the guardian of the strange herds, does not play an idyl on the strings of his harp does not need to be stated. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z Pardon this digression, too grave, perhaps, for a love idyl between a man and woman. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z A drama will be enacted in Germany in comparison with which the French Revolution will appear a harmless idyl. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z To Mr. Pottle she was a dream of loveliness, a poem, an idyl. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z The idyl passed, but now there wafted upon him from her the breath of the first youthful years, the first love, the first ecstasy, and the truly great poetry of life. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The melancholy author of so many evocations, of so many exotic idyls, spoke well, but in a hollow, monotonous voice. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z It suffices me to put only one in strong relief, although two or three men will find a place in this history, this idyl, or, if you prefer, this drama. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z And it was a veritable wrench to get her mind off the idyl of youth she was writing to set it upon the grim realities of Latin, English, the higher mathematics, and other school tasks. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z In familiar and humble things he found the "tender idyls of the heart." John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Margaret nursed him with all the devotion of love; May aided her; and indeed his convalescence was almost an idyl. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z There is an idyllic beauty about the first chapters of the book, but "Growth of the Soil" is not primarily an idyl. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z As it stands, it is a pretty idyl of resignation, very poetical in tone as well as in conception, though here and there, notwithstanding the complaint just quoted, rather lengthy. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z At all events, all idea of the Lindenbad idyl is relinquished. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z We have plenty of idyls of autumn color, like Buchanan Read's "Closing Scene," and portions of Longfellow's "Hiawatha." John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z He has published Impressions de Voyages, containing every thing, drama, elegy, eclogue, idyl, politics, gastronomy, statistics, geography, history, wit—every thing excepting truth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z If a fairy idyl has any home, it is certainly in the deep fjord valleys of Nordland in the summer. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z It is not fanciful, with talking beasts, nor is it merely an exquisite idyl of the beasts themselves. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Here in this heady atmosphere of perfumed flesh, tobacco reek and pungent alcohol, the idyl of her evening grew faint and fled. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z It is unnecessary to give here any further account of the idyl than has already been furnished in the account of Whittier's boyhood. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z I have no intention of sharing, even with our children, my under-the-rose idyl with the loveliest of girls. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z I had come to the conclusion that I was anti-domestic in my proclivities, but a sight of this idyl of a home has staggered the belief. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z For the rest his piece looked like an idyl of Fontanelle's. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z What the boy has done is to make of it a true Canadian idyl. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z It was not a sentimental finale to an idyl of the wood, but by the time the finale is reached, the average human specimen has no sentiment to waste. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z While he might easily have been persuaded out of his idyl, he was not to be driven. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z The forest, a tangle of shrubs and strange creepers, was the scene of the idyl; she, a sprite of the greenwood, danced illusively through the maze. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z At any rate, it was only a week before their idyl all at once turned to tragedy. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Gaining courage from the enthusiastic reception of the four Arthurian idyls, he undertook to carry out a long cherished design—which Milton and Dryden had conceived—of writing a national epic on King Arthur. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z "The creator of 'Will Rockwell," said one paper, "has here written a new idyl of America." Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The history of human progress is far from being an idyl. Socialism, Revolution and Internationalism 2011-04-27T02:00:20.770Z It was like some world-old idyl, this ride in a heavy rumbling wagon; it led to glory and light, this road among the hills. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z This style belongs to productions of mere amusement; to idyls, eclogues, and descriptions of the seasons, or of gardens. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z These lyrics and idyls are made up of ornate commonplaces which show the artistic instinct rather than the poetic. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z They believe, evidently, with the author of the popular little idyl, "Urn Burial," that "Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the tomb." Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The German courts will have their own thoughts on the subject when I offer them the following boyish idyl. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z By Rev. Z. Grenell A beautiful little idyl of sacred story about the sandals of Christ. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z A poetic idyl, which is charming in its sweet purity, delightful in its optimism, elusive in its complete symbolism, but wholesome in its message that pure love can conquer evil. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z He had often felt, as the Baron said, that Gabrielle was the last woman in the world for such abnegation as this "idyl" demanded. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The record of the journey is the latter half of his The Maine Woods, which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z "Paul Heyse's 'Lonely Ones' is an idyl--a perfect little picture in its way." Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z You know how I love that delicious idyl of Gounod’s, and I was in my seat that night long before the curtain went up. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z From its title one might suppose it a peaceful little idyl of the youth of the year. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z I fear the poor girl has been dragged away from her idyl, at the Hamburg boarding-house, in order to play the principal part in a family tragedy. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z It was a page in her memory that must never be turned,–an idyl to be forgotten,–and yet forget it she could not, in spite of will or wishes. The Girl From Tim's Place If a spectre from without were to appear, this whole idyl would go up in flames. Magda A Play in Four Acts But this story is, after all, an idyl, and the idyl is drawing to its close. The Idyl of Twin Fires There seems no motive, certainly none suggested by the Sicilian idyl, for introducing the hills gradually sinking into the plain, unless to mark the actual position of the place referred to. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Tell me, dear sir, has not the sojourn under our lowly roof reminded you of certain parts of his lovely idyl? Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Such conditions were as sunshine to flowers in aiding the two young lovers, so this forest idyl matured rapidly. The Girl From Tim's Place He wrote epigrams, idyls, eclogues, letters in verse, &c., still extant, and was probably a Christian. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis "Goth! can't you be content to feed like the Patriarchs and live an idyl?" Beatrice Boville and Other Stories He seems satisfied with reproducing the form, rhythm, and diction of Theocritus, and mingling some vague expression of personal or national feeling with the sentiment of the Greek idyl. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil This uniformly charming idyl would have satisfied all my wishes, had I been able to shake off the fear that it would some day come to an end. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History It was love among the spruce trees, a summer idyl made tender by the dangers interrupting it, and hidden from all eyes except Old Cy’s, who was these young friends’ favorite. The Girl From Tim's Place It was all right, of course, and though other less fortunate maids envied Mona, and many of the good mothers voiced their congratulations to Mrs. Hutton, there was no opposition to this summer idyl. Rockhaven But the boy himself made no preparations to accommodate himself to the lyrically adorned idyl of his parents. The Children of the World The dignity of the hexameter was reserved by them for didactic or philosophic poetry and short epic idyls treating of the heroic legends of Greece. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil At that moment La Mole and Marguerite were translating an idyl of Theocritus, and Coconnas, pretending that he too was a Greek, was drinking some strong wine from Syracuse with Henriette. Marguerite de Valois It had all been a summer idyl, so sweet, so romantic, so tender, and so unexpected that he had scarce realized its value–not at all then, but faintly now. The Girl From Tim's Place He began to feel that none was likely to, and that the summer's idyl was destined to be but a memory like to the sound of church bells in his boyhood days. Rockhaven Other French writers, George Sand notably, have written idyllic chapters, but "An Iceland Fisherman" is a complete idyl from beginning to end. With Edge Tools It was apparently among Siculians, the kindred of the people of Latium, and not among men living in the mountains of Arcadia or Thessaly, that Theocritus found the personages of his rustic idyl. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Their lives will be a summer dream, a golden legend, a pure, fond idyl. Faith and Unfaith Close the study of the period with a reading of the entire book of Ruth, one of the most charming of Oriental idyls. 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. A simple, sweet, wholesome idyl dealing with some of the great issues of life in a spirit of love and sacrifice.... Clover and Blue Grass A rest-breathing idyl like this shows that it is possible for bits of heaven to appear here upon earth now and then! The American Country Girl Though abounding with rich pastoral illustrations, the poem is rather a mythological and semi-philosophical idyl than a pure pastoral poem. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Schiller's dream, that the highest form of poetry would be the peaceful idyl of an equilibrium of opposite forces without any great sacrifice, is but a dream. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The children knew the blackbird's idyl well, but it was different this night. Fairfax and His Pride Nevertheless, the peasant girls prefer their liaisons with the genuine article, and the poet reveals no idyls, no abstinence, no innocent play, but downright immorality. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) This idyl of the gardener's daughter was but one of his passing amusements; and so he wrote to his black-browed goddess. Anne The substance of the poem is quite unlike anything in the Sicilian idyl. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil A charming idyl of the period when the Germans were forcing themselves and their ideals upon the Roman Empire.... The Scarlet Banner This idyl might go on for perhaps a year longer—but not for always—not for always. The Mountain Girl You who see nothing but an idyl in all this, can not you perceive that such ceremonies are the prelude to massacres, and that an odor of blood mingles with their perfumes? Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty This idyl of Theocritus suggests the freedom of movement and the ordinary pursuits of the Alexandrian lady in the days of Arsino�. Greek Women But while the subject and burden of the second of the two songs contained in this Eclogue are suggested by that idyl, the poem is very far from being a mere imitative reproduction of it. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil She will take it all very seriously, poor child, and expect the idyl to be prolonged over the honeymoon. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Might not this idyl be a part of it? The Mountain Girl "Mrs. Wiggin has never penned a more truthful or delightful idyl of New England life." Susanna and Sue Theocritus, the famous pastoral poet, lays the scene of his fifteenth idyl in Alexandria, and presents one of the most charming bits of feminine life that literature affords us. Greek Women They are not purely objective, like the Greek idyl, nor purely subjective as the Latin elegy generally is. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil He is closer to Watteau than to any other painter but his firmer technic and more patient temperament give him an advantage over the feverish master of eighteenth-century idyls. Artists Past and Present Random Studies Conjecture might run riot as to the causes which had given this sinister bend to an idyl, but perforce he must remain dumb. The Silent Barrier As winning, as genuine an idyl of love, of mutual trust and happiness, of but a single united aim in life as one can desire. The Return of the Prodigal He has made excellent translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and of "Daphne and Chloe," that idyl of Longus that charmed both Goethe and Catherine II. Contemporary Russian Novelists They are very much inferior to the Greek originals in dramatic power; and the idyl is really a branch of dramatic poetry. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil What Defoe is in Robinson Crusoe—realistic idyl of island solitude—that, in his romantic stories of wilderness life, is his great scholar, Captain Mayne Reid. The Boy Slaves Yesterday, not long before this hour, he was humming verses of cow songs to Helen, and beguiling the way to the Forno with a recital of the customs and idyls of the hills. The Silent Barrier The days at the Old Manse comprised the idyl of their lives. Home Life of Great Authors The little idyl concerns no one but myself—and one other—and there is no reason to desecrate them by bawling its delicate folds abroad. The Recipe for Diamonds Greek, and for the most part taken from the pastoral idyls of Theocritus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Neither was insensible of the fact that this departure meant more than the mere ending of their frigid idyl. The Wilderness Trail Whoever had then a story to tell, which he wished to treat artistically, never dreamed of expressing it except in the nobler medium of verse, in the epic, in the idyl, in the drama. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews Mr. Whittier has, in that exquisite little idyl "Snowbound," given us a graphic and authentic picture of his childhood's home, and in a measure of the life lived there. Home Life of Great Authors And that exquisite idyl of “the love of wedded souls” in “By the Fire-side.” The Brownings Their Life and Art “It’s the end, the end of my idyl,” he murmured. The Missourian When are we to start our 'love in a cottage' idyl? Money Magic A Novel For the first time since her idyl had begun to give a new meaning to existence she perceived that if he renounced her it would be the one thing she couldn't bear. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Percival Channing, in the midst of the prettiest idyl of his experience, was bringing to it far more enthusiasm than he would have thought possible for a mere collector of impressions. Kildares of Storm He reflected that he could now no longer be even a Christian Philemon, for to lay his neighbor's head open with a stroke of a saber was not a very good beginning of his idyl. Pepita Ximenez This little lyric forms a part of "an idyl" of the same title, published in 1855. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Whoever had then a xiv story to tell, which he wished to treat artistically, never dreamed of expressing it except in the nobler medium of verse, in the epic, in the idyl, in the drama. A Manual of the Art of Fiction Had she really been a Delphic nymph, or even a young lady of the best society, she might have given herself without reserve to the rapture of her idyl; but her circumstances were peculiar. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The real, sordid tragedy element played small part in the autumn idyl, but it was developing none the less. At the Crossroads All went sweetly for his first months; he had begun to regard his marriage as an idyl slipped in between pages of prose. The Man Who Wins Grundtvig once said of his marriages that the first was an idyl, the second a romance and the third a fairy-tale. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark A Protestant country clergyman is perhaps the most beautiful subject for a modern idyl; he appears like Melchizedeck, as priest and king in one person. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges One was a sort of home idyl: two shepherds were in a little orchard close, one playing on the flute, the other listening; some sheep were browsing near. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History And when later Ward entered, and, stooping over the couch, kissed Alice, the end of his idyl seemed to him announced. They of the High Trails In fact, the next three days save for the strain of being constantly alert were a sort of idyl for Wilson and Jo. The Web of the Golden Spider The progress of his idyl suffered a check when the great senatorial fight came on in the Legislature. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The story of her life forms a most readable and admirable rustic idyl. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Of a certainty this idea is not new, but I took a joy in writing this little idyl, and I would like to see you do 'the wonderful lady I see in my dreams.' The Light of the Star A Novel If love were not too cunning for that, what would become of the charming idyl, renewed in all its wonder and freshness for every generation? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 So the two had been able to live their idyl in peace, though Flores slept always with one eye open and his knife near. The Web of the Golden Spider After a few words, which Chateaubriand rather contemptuously records as an "idyl upon the pleasures of country life," Chateaubriand repeated what he had said to the duchess. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series A beautiful little idyl of sacred story dealing with the sandals of Christ. The Transfiguration of Miss Philura The beringed and complacent wives of New York and their wine-befuddled husbands will find little to entertain them in this idyl of modern life. The Light of the Star A Novel Brimming over with genial humor and wholesome fun, the book is an exquisite love story and charming idyl of life among the mountains and valleys of the Keystone State. The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home The "Song of Songs" by many is regarded as a dramatic idyl in seven scenes, with Shulammith as the heroine, and the king, the ostensible author, as the hero. Jewish Literature and Other Essays An illustrious critic very rightly said that "Paul Potter with his bull has written the true idyl of Holland." Holland, v. 1 (of 2) It is one of a series of lyric idyls making up the poem of Solomon's Song. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature England having, as we have said, no vernacular song, her poetry is entirely artistic, even such poetry as ‘The May Queen,’ ‘The Northern Farmer,’ and the idyls of p. 134William Barnes. Old Familiar Faces And that leads me to tell you with what deep sympathy and melancholy pleasure your touching idyl has filled me. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Amid a world at war, too, how peaceful and soothing is this tabloid idyl of piscatorial toil! Penguin Persons & Peppermints She will often declare that she cannot enjoy this Phæacian idyl on account of its associations; she refuses to accept in image what in real life is so disagreeable. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The idyl made good Mr. Fuchs blossom into a genial smile: family life! The Bill-Toppers Captain Winstanley had been reading one of Tennyson's idyls to his wife, till she sank into a gentle slumber. Vixen, Volume III. Shortly before that crucial point in his career, his marriage to Nannie, Randolph Chance had loaned him a beautiful idyl, termed “Liberty and a Living.” The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives The Cossacks is distinctly a primitive poem, one which can scarcely be classed either as idyl or epic, though, in spite of its scenes being mainly rural, it perhaps approaches more nearly to the epic. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science It would not be possible to write satire, epic, idyl, not even elegy, upon that "rat-hole philosophy," as Mr. Emerson once styled the new fetichism of the mahogany tables. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 This brightly old domestic idyl deals with actors and theatrical affairs, in the midst of which personages and scenes, the heroine, a charming young wife, acts out a little comedy of her own. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California A volume of ballads and idyls—a short story in simple verse—would have prepared the way for your dramatic poem. Vixen, Volume III. No sadder idyl can be found in all the short and simple annals of the poor. America First Patriotic Readings The most tragic situation has here again been alchemized by Luini's magic into a pure idyl, without the loss of power, without the sacrifice of edification. New Italian sketches "There is not a line in this little idyl that is not as sweet and fresh as a June morning." The Green Carnation On one occasion I referred to his life in the Bad Lands as "a kind of idyl." Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Too much tragedy and too much idyl have been imported into the home life of the Southern people; but this is not the place to reduce poetry to prose. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Or has an evil wound thrown thee Upon the earth where now in vain the god Of idyls tries to raise thee with his kisses? Life Immovable First Part The love story which runs through the book, like a golden thread, is an idyl. In Blue Creek Cañon Its first inception is a wonderful idyl of the extension of progress into the unknown West. The Life Radiant And now for them all began a season of deep and quiet contentment that was to remain in the memories of all of them as a kind of idyl. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands At his second examination his idyl for small orchestra, "In the Forest," was produced; and at his graduation he performed his "Rhapsody" in C major for piano and orchestra. 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 No idyls of the brook call your chronic book buyer to bask in green meadows, and under cerulean skies while the auction season lasts. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing I thought no more of the idyl of the art-gallery until the adjournment for the night. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Two years of literary and philosophic life in London succeeded to the Rhode Island idyl. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II I made no idyls about my poor; I took them for what they were. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers The Conquest of Bread is a revolutionary idyl, a beautiful outline sketch of a future society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. The Conquest of Bread If you look again, after the first surprise is over, you will see that these are the traditional pictures, such as we might have fancied they should be, after reading the idyl. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses His collection of amatory poems entitled Liebesfrühling contains some of the sunniest idyls in any language. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Every chapter is an idyl, an epic, or a tragedy. The Chief End of Man The book is an almost perfect idyl, full of humanity, fragrant with the smell of flowers, and the manifold scent of meadows. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 18, 1893 Into this idyl of Beirut came now the wrestler from Aleppo, Ahmet Ali, and the occurrence irritated Campbell to a degree which he had not conceived possible. The Wind Bloweth Who can help repeating the familiar words of the idyl amid such scenery, and in such a presence? Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses In rewriting the play for the Copenhagen stage, Sigurj�nsson gave it a happy ending, thus changing a tragedy into a pleasant dramatic idyl of contemporary country life in Iceland. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm "The Pioneer's Chimney," which is the first thing in the present book, is almost as free from Mr. Piatt's peculiar defects as "The Mower in Ohio," and it is a very charming idyl. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 In presence of this idyl of the patriarchal age, what becomes of all our theories, our ideas, and our prejudices, the fruits after all of a hollow and worthless education? French and Oriental Love in a Harem But it was out of the question, and perhaps the idyl would have ended in tragedy, had he not confided his troubles to his master. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon But let us be thankful for those simple and beautiful idyls. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses We have only space for a few passages from the earlier portion of the idyl. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Tennyson went to Malory's Morte d' Arthur for his material, but the outline of the first idyl, Enid, was taken from Lady Charlotte Guest's translation of the Welsh Mabinogion. Brief History of English and American Literature After the stormy days we had just gone through, this morning passed like an idyl. French and Oriental Love in a Harem If you haven't you have neglected about the most delicate and winsome idyl to be found in ancient or modern literature. Sermons on Biblical Characters I am glad, for how could my bite and her idyl agree? The Argonauts After a perusal of this new American idyl, no competent critic will contend that we lack proper themes for poetry in our own land. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 It is a form of poetry, and it is thus that cultivated society renews by reflection the idyl which has disappeared.... Girls and Women Page 243 The scene of this idyl is laid in the district of Waialua, Oahu, but the poet gives his imagination free range regardless of the unities. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula The descriptive name for all these tales, except the last, is idyl. Essays on Scandinavian Literature It is our duty to put a radical stop to the family idyl out of regard also to Cara. The Argonauts He has an idyl on the loom; it is for Crantor, who is hurrying him, and from whom he expects a handsome price. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;" she saw her idyl destroyed, her sweet dreaming roused into cruel reality. The Captain of the Kansas One can not fail to perceive a vein of gentle sarcasm cropping up in this idyl, softened, however, by a spirit of honest good feeling. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Worth, the main thing, is the theme of the idyl. A Hero and Some Other Folks You jeer at idyls, and still, at odd times, you yearn for one somewhat. The Argonauts He must believe that the idyl he sees in the landscape is there because he sees it, and will appear in the picture without the help of demonstration. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Not so were the classic idyls and pastorals of Theocritus, Virgil, Spenser and Saint Pierre composed. Confessions of Boyhood Wai-pi'o, the scene of this idyl, is a valley deep and broad which the elements have scooped out in the windward exposure of Hawaii, and scarce needs mention to Hawaiian Page 121 tourists. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula In those idyls clustering about King Arthur, Tennyson has patently purposed painting the figure of a perfect man. A Hero and Some Other Folks She had ceased to believe in an idyl. The Argonauts Erebus would not have it, and very fiercely she dragged piecemeal from his reluctant lips the story of the surprised idyl. The Terrible Twins I have made incarnate and have bound fast to me for ever that beautiful old-time idyl of the Vaucluse. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. What a light this fierce idyl casts on the imagination of the people of ancient Hawaii! Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula And in the midst of this frantic rush was the charming idyl; you and Helene. How Women Love (Soul Analysis) She had looked too long, and from too near a point, at the tragedy and irony of things to preserve faith in idyls. The Argonauts It was all a part of the idyl, the daydream, Robert Morton thought,—too flawless a thing to last. Flood Tide They were all living and enjoying together a beautiful idyl. Faith Gartney's Girlhood An oasis of irrigated clover on Humboldt River is made a theme for an idyl. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Am I not now fairly afloat upon the gentle stream of an idyl? Alec Forbes of Howglen Maybe there were idyls somewhere, but not in the sphere where she lived—they were not for her! The Argonauts Robert Morton speculated as to whether Willie, along with Jezebel and the canary, had fathomed the idyl. Flood Tide As I gaze, these young people make for me a perfect idyl. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country It spoke of another part of life, of eternal unrest; protest after protest against the snow idyl. The Bridal March; One Day "This bucolic idyl," says Stedman, "is without a counterpart; no richer juice can be pressed from the wild grape of the Yankee soil." The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. She spoke in a low, wearied voice: "An idyl!" laughed Darvid. The Argonauts In summer, a passage up or down its course in one of the day steamers is as near an idyl of travel as can be had, perhaps, anywhere in the world. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention Nearly all the lyrics, romances, idyls, nearly all the miscellaneous poems, long and short, are monologues. An Introduction to the Study of Browning They even aided the small idyl by every lawful means, having the girl with them as often as they could and praising her judiciously. Princess This charming idyl in Paganini's life reminds one of the retirement of the pianist Chopin to the island of Majorca in the company of Mme. Great Violinists And Pianists An idyl, father; I used to laugh at all idyls without knowing that I had one in myself. The Argonauts Her hand, still filled with clay, dropped to her side, and a tableau endured for a minute or two, suggesting a remote period, a Persian idyl, mayhap. The Adventures of Kathlyn Love among the Ruins, a masterpiece of an absolutely original kind, is the idyl of a lover's meeting, in which the emotion is emphasised and developed by the contrast of its surroundings. An Introduction to the Study of Browning The fruit of this new study is a group of lovely pastoral Madonnas, which are entirely unique as Nature idyls. The Madonna in Art "Herr Winthrop, the idyl has come to an end; the epic now begins." Arms and the Woman Once thy daughter had an interesting conversation with me; a very interesting conversation about—everything which took place in our family idyl. The Argonauts The Red River Settlement in the days ad255verted to is an idyl simple and pure: a nomadic pastoral, inwrought with Indian traits and color; our one acted poem in the great national prosaic life. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba His idyls are short poems of passionate action, presenting in a graphic and concentrated way a single episode or tragic crisis. An Introduction to the Study of Browning It's a thankless thing to spoil an idyl, isn't it? The Quickening Then the musk carnations and the pale slashed pinks exhaled a fragrance that made the heart dream idyls. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York Her eyes had never seen an idyl, but they had seen, ah, they had seen what happens and takes place with loves of men and women, 'and with bonds which bear the name of sacred! The Argonauts In our youth We rise and sing a noble epic song, A trumpet note of sound both clear and strong, With idyls now and then too sweet for truth. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 "The Prayer at the Mother's Knee," "The Woman at her Ironing Table," "The Child shelling Peas," "The Walk to School amid Rain and Sleet," are all charming idyls of every-day life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 The little idyl was the talk of the villagers before it came to the squire's ears. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The sweet, hot days on the fells, with a rod in his hand, and Charlotte and the squire for company, were like an idyl. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance An idyl is an old thing, and a den is old also, but the idyl would be better than the den if only it existed. The Argonauts Marriage is only an idyl of grace, What knows a bride of the bliss of a wife? Harry Well, if he wishes it, he may play Strephon to my Phyllis, only the idyl must go no further than verses. The Grey Cloak She would nurse the shadows of her summer's idyl long after the idyl was gone, and would mistake them for reality. Kenny I hailed it as an idyl of the North,—a poetic secret, which the Earth, even where she is most cruelly material and cold, still tenderly hides and cherishes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 But there, like the recreant knight in the Arthurian idyl, he paused and doubted. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned It may be beautiful here—inside these walls—an unbroken idyl of peace and contentment, but it isn't life. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment The moon lit that idyl at full speed. Parisian Points of View The caresses most girls he had known would have understood and accepted as part of the summer idyl, he knew, instinctively, would be evaded. Kenny "Quite an idyl," tittered the visitor, and then went away to tell her friends that Lady Agnes must have been in love with her cousin all the time. Red Money A prose idyl is the term which best describes the courtly and pastoral character of Lodge's "Rosalynde," the last work of fiction of any importance which distinctly bears the impress of euphuism. A History of English Prose Fiction I would not have you relinquish your idyl even now. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment I never was so thrilled over anything, and the chapter on gardening really reads like a beautiful idyl of summer. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance That was inevitable, for he had fled from an idyl and the memory of its charm must lessen slowly. Kenny It is neither an epic, nor an idyl, nor a tale in verse: it combines features of them all. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction But meanwhile, notwithstanding this criticism, the little idyl in our midst was developing itself apace. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The second division of the tragedy, "Siegfried," might well be called an idyl, of the forest. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers It is very pretty too—a perfect idyl, all poetry and romance—eternal, unchangeable, and all that boyish nonsense. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 James Lee's Wife is a type of the other idyls of love which form so large a part of the Dramatis Person�. Robert Browning In many of his descriptive pieces he followed Wordsworth: in his idyls, he adheres to the romantic school; in his treatment and diction, he stands alone. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction I will drift with the summer, making of it an idyl, beautiful,—yes, and innocent! Audrey This death followed naturally on the excessive physical strain; but Mr. Browning has used it as a connecting link between the historic and the imaginary parts of the idyl. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Here we were greeted by a homely idyl. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Browning's "idyls" are studies in life's moments of stress and strain, not in its secluded pleasances and verdurous wooded ways. Robert Browning Much to his regret, Ireneus could not understand the sense of these songs, which are, so to say, idyls and charming dramas. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Chapter V While this ecclesiastical idyl was painting and singing itself in its own way, blind and deaf to the realities of life, this life moved on in its accustomed course undisturbed by idyls. Esther In such artless amusements the day passed, a day that remains forever an idyl of simple loveliness to me, such as any man is the richer for having known. White Shadows in the South Seas All these forms of idyl, but especially the first and the third, were afterward beautifully imitated by the Roman poets; then very imperfectly imitated by modern poets. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn The noble "idyl" of Echetlos is thus a counterpart, in its brief way, to the great tragic tale of Herakles and Alkestis. Robert Browning The other idyls in these two volumes are full of interest for those who care for psychological studies expressed in verse. The Poetry Of Robert Browning It was in the tenth month of this idyl of the lonely man and the lonely child that Mrs. Root flurriedly entered the library of Chillingsworth, where Orth happened to be alone. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories In addition to the expressive and suggestive power of these idyls, they possess a fragrance and freshness that are rare in music. Edward MacDowell Although Theocritus and others who wrote idyls found their chief inspiration in the life of the peasants, they sometimes also wrote about the life of cities. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Epics as they are understood in Europe do not exist in either China or Japan, although orientals claim that name for poems which we would term idyls. The Book of the Epic Among these more gracious idyls, one of singular rough power tells the ghastly tale of the mother who gave up her little children to the wolves to save herself. The Poetry Of Robert Browning But let us go back to an idyl little known of Marie's twelfth year. Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) Ah," he thought, "had they deliberately searched the world over for a fitting setting for their idyl, they could not have selected a retreat more perfect than this. One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks' He has often introduced into his idyls the name of Comatas. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Usque opens with a passionate idyl in which the history of Israel in the near past is told by the shepherd Icabo. Chapters on Jewish Literature And his love is a poem, an idyl that crowns him a shepherd king in his own green pastures. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 On those days he took part in the naïve but extraordinarily pleasant life which reminded him of a pastoral idyl. The Party Let us have our idyl, dear, as my mother and father had theirs—even though it must be as brief as a butterfly's existence, let us not deny ourselves that much. One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks' One of these is well worthy of rank with the idyl of Theocritus above mentioned. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn His untimely death was lamented by his follower and pupil, Moschus of Syracuse, in an idyl marked by melody and genuine pathos. ditty. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems One day he was enthusiastic over Voss's idyls, the next he was carried away by Robespierre's wildest speeches. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 The classical poems Pheidippides, Echetlos, Pan and Luna, idyls heroic and mythological, invite us by their beauty to return to them again and again. Robert Browning The thoughts of the two returned with a tender, persistent recollection to the love-tale of the past—the delicious idyl of love that had given birth to this boy. One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks' The result was so beautiful that everybody is still charmed by the pictures or idyls which they made. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Cowper's landscapes, too, are peopled with the peasantry of England; Thomson's, with Damons, Palaemons, and Musidoras, tricked out in the sentimental costume of the sham idyl. Cowper The Hudson River idyls, it may be granted, have somewhat more of story interest, but Irving seized them, ready-made for his use, because of their value for the picturesque evocation of the Past. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities The toad and the mole; quite an idyl! The Man Who Laughs It had inspired the idyls of Theocritus in the midst of the magnificence and luxury of the courts of Alexandria and Syracuse. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes This idyl is very famous, and it has been translated hundreds of times into various languages. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn He has not known, however, how to keep up that difficult equilibrium between artifice and simplicity which the idyl demands. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) History, natural history, and books of travel are followed by the plays of Shakespeare, Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller, while Gesner's idyls charm him, and he absorbs the stories and romances of Wieland. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes But stepping out of idyls and novels, and stepping into American kitchens, is it not true that the larger part of the mothers see in their babies, or act as if they saw, only babies? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 Purple shadows bathed the fell beyond—and on its bosom the rustic scene emerged—a winter idyl. Fenwick's Career I think that the tenth idyl of Theocritus is perhaps the prettiest example of the whole series, thirty in number, which have been preserved for us. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn In his longer narrative pieces, 'Judith' and 'Wyndham Towers,' cast in the mold of blank-verse idyls, Mr. Aldrich does not seem so much himself as in many of his briefer flights. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 That was a single moment; but here, day-long is the idyl world. Heart of Man While free from the artificiality of court pastoral, it is equally distinct from the natural simplicity of the Theocritean idyl. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The first strophe of this inartistic idyl will doubtless be all the reader will care to see. The Mystery of Metropolisville Some of his verses are suffused with an elegiac tenderness, as if the woods and fields bewailed the absence of their forester, and murmured their griefs meanwhile to one another,—responsive like idyls. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 In this delicious pedagogical idyl, written in December, 1790, the humor is sound, healthy, thoroughly German and characteristic of Richter at his best. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The idyls are full of streams and fountains, just such as I meet with wherever I turn, and the water counts in the landscape as in the poems. Heart of Man It was for his own solace, forgetful for a moment of the intrigues of court life and the uncertain sunshine of princes, that he wrote his Sicilian idyls. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England A Protestant country clergyman is, perhaps, the most beautiful subject for a modern idyl; he appears, like Melchizedek, as priest and king in one person. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters The admirers of this unusual artist seek out her genre pictures in the exhibitions of to-day, much as one turns to an idyl of Heinrich Voss, after a dose of the "storm and stress" poets. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. To this time belongs a curious Conjectural Biography, a pretty idyl of an ideal courtship and marriage as his fancy now painted it for himself. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes On the beach one feels most keenly the actuality of much of the idyls, and finds the continuousness of the human life that enters into them. Heart of Man Mirrors, too, are used to attract the attention of girls, as appears from a charming idyl sketched by Miss Fletcher, which I will reproduce here, somewhat condensed. Primitive Love and Love-Stories The whole day passed for us like an idyl. Without Dogma That other girl, the joyous companion of his summer idyl, was no more. Madcap Charlotte fears that the presence of the Captain may disturb their pleasant idyl, but finally yields. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes No idyl appeals so directly to modern feeling, I suspect, as does that of the two fishermen and the dream of the golden fish. Heart of Man No wonder, then, that, in the present dearth of poetry in France, this epic or idyl, call it as you will, was received with acclamations. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 The idyl of the day before repeated itself, for us both, and brought with it ease and cheerfulness. Without Dogma Was his idyl, the one dream of his life, to end in waking? Madcap We may feel sure too that it was the occurrences of this summer that led Goethe to transform the short, pure idyl of his first intention into a longer epic of his own present. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. This is what the eye beholds; and I dare not say that the idyl is touched more with the melancholy of human fate for us than for the poet. Heart of Man The birds would build their nests and sing their idyls in other boughs. The Village Watch-Tower The pieces, in fact, are so many idyls, and their realism is an effect which he has felt rather than reasoned his way to. A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction Their idyl was smirched, the fair robe of Euterpe was trialing in the dust. Madcap All our idyls and marriage, all, are the result for the most part of our eating. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories How long has it suffered here? and was it so when Theocritus saw his fishers and gave them a place in the country of his idyls? Heart of Man But Captain Whalley could in a half hour of solitude live again all his life, with its romance, its idyl, and its sorrow. The End of the Tether For it is not so much a novel as an historical idyl, not to be read without a persisting suffusion of sympathy and never to be remembered without a recurring tenderness. Rezanov "Invocation," an April idyl; "The Sea-shell;" and "Mountain Born" sing of the love of nature. Kansas Women in Literature She might belong to any age, like an idyl of Theocritus; but while she always understood Mrs. Fosdick, that entertaining pilgrim could not always understand Mrs. Todd. The Country of the Pointed Firs He made a delicate idyl of it: the sunshine and the sea gave it passion and magic, and the stars added poetry, and the old vicarage garden was a fit and exquisite setting. Of Human Bondage The beauty of his poem, its idyl, came to him like a caress; that alone had been lacking. The Octopus : A story of California 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 Their life in its own way was an idyl, and it managed to achieve a singular beauty. Moon and Sixpence This was the state which the shepherd idyl, begun at five o'clock in the morning, had reached at half-past four in the afternoon. Les Misérables The breathless idyl of their engagement gave way, first, to the intense romance of the more passionate relationship. The Beautiful and Damned To put this story, this idyl, into words, would, for me, be a profanation. The Octopus : A story of California Yesterday, I read in a prose translation of the "Odyssey" the exquisite idyl of Nausicaa and her Maids, and the discovery of himself by Ulysses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 You may discuss the Greek republics in the spirit of the modern one; you may sing idyls of King Arthur in the very mood of the nineteenth century. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Is it ungracious to charge her with affectation? for this is the clinging curse of modern poetry, and one may trace it even in the noble idyls of the greatest English poet now alive. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 The breathless idyl left them, fled on to other lovers; they looked around one day and it was gone, how they scarcely knew. The Beautiful and Damned It was scourging him back to that scene of a vanished happiness, a dead romance, a perished idyl,—the Mission garden in the shade of the venerable pear trees. The Octopus : A story of California There was nothing in this idyl, to which, even on a first reading, I could give the name of "new truth." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 It stands between the idyl and the epic, but it is the epic method towards which it tends. Latin Literature "It has been the prettiest idyl to us onlookers," she wrote to Lady Adeline. The Heavenly Twins The idyl passed, bearing with it its extortion of youth. The Beautiful and Damned In all the idyls I ever read, they were told in caves, or beside a trickling fountain. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. It was an idyl that they were unconsciously enacting all that spring, and when Gervaise returned to her home it was in a spirit of sweet content. L'Assommoir That it goes beyond this, or that—as is often repeated—it transcends both the idyls and the briefer lyrics in sustained beauty and passion, cannot be held by any sane judgment. Latin Literature His idyl of the ditch was shattered like the tender sky-reflections that bloomed on its still waters, and vanished when the waters were troubled. In Exile and Other Stories Had either of them lost the other in the days of the idyl, the love lost would have been ever to the loser that dim desire without fulfilment which stands back of all life. The Beautiful and Damned The Bucolics are pastoral idyls; the characters are Italian in all their sentiments and feelings, acting, however, the unreal and assumed part of Greek shepherds. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The popular tone and the landscape drawing here, which, for that matter, are all derived from Rousseau, lead on into a tranquil idyl. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth The central place is occupied by the longest and most elaborate, if not the most successful, of his poems, the epic idyl on the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Latin Literature As the indubitable clay of her idol revealed itself, she had thought that child-bearing, child-having would be a tolerable compensation for her idyl. Together Nor would it be easy to find anywhere a more perfect idyl than that introductory chapter of the Mosses. Literary and Social Essays These and the charming prose idyl, "The Years of Wild Oats," keep their place as works of permanent excellence. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The lovely idyl of Ruth is in sharp contrast with the bloody and turbulent annals of Judges. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII The story of her life forms a most readable and admirable rustic idyl, and is told with a fine sense of rustic character. Tales of Daring and Danger His eyes are fixed on the child; his face is aglow with wonder and delight, but with something else too,—some passion which strikes a jarring note through the harmony of the summer idyl. Melody : the Story of a Child Who that reads "The Traveller" and "The Deserted Village" does not hear in their pensive music the far-away fluting of that kind-hearted wanderer, and see the lovely idyl of that simple life? Literary and Social Essays Song of Solomon and the history of Ruth are the best specimens of the Hebrew idyl, and breathe all the simplicity of pastoral life. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities This charming idyl of faithful love to a dead friend and generous kindness comes in amid stories of battle like a green oasis in a wilderness of wild rocks and sand. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII His Alice of Monmouth, an idyl of the war, and a few short pieces, such as "Wanted: a Man," are the only parts of his poetical works that are now remembered. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived On my parents' estate we have only idyls; the whole of Funen is a garden. O. T. a Danish Romance The most charming picture of Veronese is a Venus and Adonis, which is finer than that of Titian,—a classic and most exquisite idyl of love and sleep, cool shadow and golden-sifted sunshine. Castilian Days A rude mosquito entered the idyl and competed for my attention. Autobiography of a Yogi A spring in the valley is an idyl, but a spring on the mountain is a genuine lyrical touch. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton He loved America with a profound love; her ideals, her traditions, her epic history were in his blood, and he glorified them in ballads and idyls that reflect the very spirit of brave Colonial days. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived "Poor dear uncle; his life is not an idyl." A Heart-Song of To-day He resolved to postpone the completion of the big picture till he had finished a five-reel idyl for the apotheosis of Kedzie. We Can't Have Everything So entrancing is southern India that Mr. Wright and I yearned to prolong our idyl. Autobiography of a Yogi He told himself as he watched her, that he was living a fairer idyl than ever poet dreamed. A Daughter of Fife Even better than Whittier's ballads are certain narrative poems reflecting the life of simple people, to which we give the name of idyls. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived In the midst of all this horror and terror I saw one little incident which made me smile, though it was sad too; an idyl which might be an elegy. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) It is, indeed, a pitiful fall from the Grateful Servant, a honey-sweet old play, fresh as an idyl of Theocritus, to the paltry faded graces of the Lady's Privilege. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Years have rolled by since the Wardha idyl; the earth, oceans, and skies have darkened with a world at war. Autobiography of a Yogi But there was quite another side to their idyl, and Marianne mentioned it to her husband. Fruitfulness The swineherd is never introduced into the idyls of Theocritus, nor has Virgil admitted him into his eclogues. The Book of Household Management So I had dreamed of love in a cottage—an idyl of blissful poverty, where Cupid contents himself with crusts and kisses, and mocks at the proverbial wolf on the doorstep. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations The other favorite field of Whittier's poetic fancy was the humble rural life of his own childhood--"In School-Days" and "Snow-Bound" belong to this class of New England idyls. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 The Book of Ruth, which was formerly, in the Jewish collections, regarded as a part of the Book of Judges, is a beautiful pastoral idyl of the same period. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Their inspiration exhaled in lyrical effusions, in elegies, epigrams, and idyls. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 At intervals her hand moved, waving a paper fan with a printed idyl from Boucher, given her in a café at Havana. Cytherea His idyls are beautiful pictures of Sicilian pastoral life. General History for Colleges and High Schools But this does not prevent the pastoral idyl from remaining always a beautiful and an encouraging fiction; and poetic genius, in retracing these pictures, has really worked in favor of the ideal. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller The two idyls breathe the free air of spring and summer and of the fields around Horton. Lectures and Essays Mr. Burroughs has told us, in that June idyl of his, "Strawberries," that he was a famous berry-picker when a boy. Our Friend John Burroughs His masterpiece is Prue and I, a prose idyl of simple, contented, humble life. History of American Literature In its original shape, as it came from the pen of François Coppée, under the title "Le Passant," the story is a gracious and graceful idyl. 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 The reproaches I here level against the bucolic idyl cannot be understood of the sentimental. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller As time went on, alas, it came more and more to seem that the Dorothea idyl had not been meant to be taken as a work of realism. Love's Pilgrimage To Eric, the days were all pages in an inspired idyl. Kilmeny of the Orchard He created lasting pictures of human life, some of which have the eternal outline and pose of a Theocritean idyl. History of American Literature An idyl of the golden age; of that glorious epoch when virtue was always triumphant, and vice was always exposed and crushed. Caesar's Column In the first case it is elegy in the narrower sense of the term; in the second case it is the idyl in its most extended acceptation. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller The one idyl in his noisy life, the one uplifting influence! Half a Rogue This was a beautiful, passionate idyl exquisitely told. Kilmeny of the Orchard Horace, ashamed to trouble this domestic idyl, related his misfortunes as airily as he could. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns It was with a sharp regret that Monty broke into the idyl of the villa, for the witchery of the place had got into his blood. Brewster's Millions These limitations are evidently accidental; they do not form the object of the idyl, but are only to be regarded as the most natural means to attain this end. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller From this simple material the imagination of Bret Harte spun the characters, incidents, and motives that his genius wove into an exquisite fabric, an idyl of blind, unreasoning love of man for man. Tennessee's Partner His patriotic verse is fervid, his idyls are graceful and his humorous verse delightful. A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country How does the English laureate put it in his idyl on the subject? Vendetta: a story of one forgotten O decadents of the town, we have seen your sham idyls, your tinsel Arcadias. The British Barbarians Thus experience itself furnishes sufficient traits to this picture which the pastoral idyl executes. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller The sweet idyl of his first love had, however, come to a sudden and unexpected end. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon It was an enchanting picture of innocence and peace; in striking contrast to this courtly assemblage, glittering with gems and starry orders—a startling opposite to that sweet, pure idyl. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends But I can finish your idyl for you. The Picture of Dorian Gray The love of the king for the lovely Laura appeared now nothing more than a poetical idyl, which would soon pass away—nothing more! Frederick the Great and His Court By the very fact that the idyl is transported to the time that precedes civilization, it also loses the advantages thereof; and by its nature finds itself in opposition to itself. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller She was quite ready to be really interested in this idyl. The Vultures An emperor, a widower of two wives," said he to himself, "and he treats us to an idyl of the genuine Gessner stamp! Joseph II. and His Court Without being previously announced, we will arrive there, and in the solitude of the old house and garden we will perform a charming little idyl. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Here hungry men, raw from the shops and fields, idyls and romances in their minds, builded them an empire crying glory in the mud. The Titan Applying this to the pastoral idyls of the sentimental poet, we see why these poems, whatever amount of art and genius be displayed in them, do not fully satisfy the heart or the mind. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller "We hailed it as a charming idyl—a poem of Nature that she cherished and hid from all but the most ardent enthusiasts." See America First "This imperial idyl is a disease," thought he. Joseph II. and His Court The whole assembly was bright and animated and gave themselves up heartily to the beautiful idyl for which they had met together under the shadow of the noble trees in the fragrant woods of Rheinsberg. Frederick the Great and His Family Finally sense, rhyme and meter were attuned: —afar, A dastard she met, their sweet idyl to mar. Missy The solution of this problem is properly what ought to be given us by the theory of the idyl. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller What a vast volume of divine verse, of sonnets, lyrics, and idyls, is opened before you, wrought out of meadows, groves and sparkling streams! See America First This question had awakened him from his idyl. Joseph II. and His Court Very beautiful it will be, my dear duke, a most charming idyl; in true Watteau style, I will be the sweet shepherdess, and lead your highness by a little ribbon. Old Fritz and the New Era We're so interested, you know, on account of—Isn't it pretty to have that little love idyl going on here? April Hopes Milton gives a higher satisfaction to the mind, in the magnificent picture of the first human pair, and of the state of innocence in paradise;—the most beautiful idyl I know of the sentimental kind. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller Here then is our idyl, our bit of Virgil and Theocritus, in a decayed stump of a hemlock tree. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Ah, me! it is a pure white winter idyl: how shall I sing it this bright, gay autumnal day? Tales of the Argonauts Weeks passed without any apparent sequel to this romantic idyl. The Twins of Table Mountain What rest more remedial than to sit with Amaryllis in the shade, and, with a sixth sense, read the wordless Theocritan idyl of the gold-bannered blue mountains marching orderly into the dormitories of the night? Sixes and Sevens Yes," answered Dr. Denslow, "and it's as dull and sleepy and non-progressive as all those places are where they locate what you call your idyls and pastorals! The Red Acorn But, as certain tenacities are stronger than others, Athos was forced to hear Planchet recite his idyls of felicity, translated into a language more chaste than that of Longus. The Man in the Iron Mask And he was unaffectedly and materially tired, too, when he reached the road again, and rested, leaving the spring and its little idyl behind. From Sand Hill to Pine But why should I talk of poetry and scenes and idyls? The Sorrows of Young Werther What I admire Chiefly, I think, in your idyl, so to speak, Is the cool modesty that checks your youthful fire,— Absence of self-love and abstinence of cheek! Complete Poetical Works But, stepping out of idyls and novels, and stepping into American kitchens, is it not true that the larger part of the mothers see in their babies, or act as if they saw, only babies? Gala-days Very vivid, too, is the recollection of the exquisite little prose idyl of "Moss-Side," from "Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life." A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) In this simple fashion the first pages of this little idyl were quietly turned. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales To-day I have had a scene, which, if literally related, would, make the most beautiful idyl in the world. The Sorrows of Young Werther But the beautiful idyl was of short duration. Anarchism and Other Essays Then the death of Morny seems to turn the idyl into a tragedy, but only for a moment. The Nabob That is the way to take unfavourable criticisms—not to go declaring that a man is your enemy because he does not like your book, your ballads, your idyls, your sermons, what you please. Essays in Little Perhaps the early Jewish myth-makers had some such thought in mind when they wrote their idyl of the cosmogony. The Soul of the Far East On the sixth day a band of visitors suddenly blundered into Nana's idyl. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola You may put ingenuity on the rack, but she can say nothing new that is true about the best romance that ever was wedded to allegory, nor about the best idyl of old English life. Essays in Little |
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