| 单词 | line of poetry |
| 例句 | He wrote to her regularly and Rosa sometimes replied, sending him lines of poetry and drawings of flowers she had copied out on sheets of parchment paper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She often quoted lines of poetry; she never mentioned the war, except to say, Jimmy, take care of yourself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave him some news about myself, then closed with a question: “What were those lines of poetry on your back, anyway?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If that woman finds her road hard, but full of meaning that she makes sense of and sees clearly through lines of poetry, then she can say she has found truth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She quoted famous lines of poetry and the opening sentences of the classics. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When Hall copied a line of poetry into his letter, Sax would find the line in his book. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes his turn at the podium and recites the “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” speech from Macbeth, the only lines of poetry he will know by heart for the rest of his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But he doesn’t feel like playing, and I don’t know what I was thinking—that a line of poetry could make any of this better? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Hall carefully copied a line of poetry into his letter. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not only are they images by Blake but they have these handwritten lines of poetry under each one," said Simpson, who has curated the Blake display. Tate Britain makes room for William Blake art found in railway timetable 2010-08-12T06:00:00Z I sit down with paper and pencil, but there are no little explosions that result in some lines of poetry. Orphic Paris, Part XVI 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Someone will sing a line of poetry, or a three-note tune, or a vocal drone, and everyone will just join in, improvising, singing in harmonies. Bobby McFerrin gets vocal 2010-05-06T22:05:00Z Christle’s book about the many causes and uses of the tears we shed bounces between observations in short paragraphs, quoting lines of poetry, correspondence, psychological studies. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z My dad wrote poetry and so lines of poetry started to drop into my head. Laurie Halse Anderson on writing "outside of your lane": "Be prepared to do years of extra work" 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Later, Penelope recites a line of poetry while leading a reading group composed of her fellow-wards. Virginia Reeves’s New Novel Explores What It Feels Like When the Mind Breaks 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The title “A Time of Gifts” comes from a line of poetry by Louis MacNeice … “For now the time of gifts is gone / O boys that grow, O snows that melt.” 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z At one point, she wanted the class to hear some lines of poetry that, for her, represented what truly great writing could be. Landing in California, Remembering Tolstoy and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z It became a vigil spot where visitors took photographs, wept and left red Post-it notes scrawled with lines of poetry, prayers and promises on a large whiteboard outside the building: ‘A beacon of strength and hope’: The massive art project for Capital Pride 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Improvised poetry: One person says a line of poetry, and the next must say a line that rhymes with it, and so on. 11 Fun Activities to Do on a Rainy Day 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z I would type out lines of poetry that I loved on index cards. Praise Poems: Ellen Bass Talks About 'Like a Beggar' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z My favourite line of poetry is: "And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow". Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z He then took the syllables apart, repeating each one until the line of poetry was impossible to pick out among the bare sounds. A 92-Year-Old Composer’s First Opera Is His ‘Endgame’ 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z I wrote to the Telegraph after I saw Lewis's absurd, grandiloquent, voluminous list quoting a maximum of two lines of poetry, which if he's standing for a chair of poetry, is entirely absurd. Oxford poetry professor candidates clash over 'Elizabeth Taylor's eyes' 2010-06-15T14:02:00Z Before you start pasting your words into lines of poetry, lay them out and rearrange them. Find Poetry in the Pages of a Newspaper 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Her critical method is to focus microscopically, generating meaning from the smallest details of the novels — names of people and places, lines of poetry quoted, the etymology of words — juxtaposed with historical context. Was Jane Austen a ‘secret radical’? 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z “If you wrote a line of poetry that said, ‘Stalin was a bad man,’ then you were dead,” said Mr. Palmer, the director of the Shostakovich film. Stalin Didn’t Like This Opera, but Audiences Still Do 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The discovery is shattering because I now face having to learn 132 lines of poetry. How to learn poetry by heart 2013-01-09T18:04:27Z She conveys her beliefs and suspicions in discrete paragraphs of text, quoting lines of poetry, personal correspondence, psychological studies. ‘The Crying Book’ Follows the Many Tracks of Our Tears 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z We read a line of poetry twice not just because it was obscure the first time but because something in that obscurity flashed the possibility of deeper meaning. Perspective | Robert Frank’s photographs captured the bleak reality we’re still living in today 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z It is, in essence, a line of poetry, enigmatic and evocative. Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z When actual lines of poetry do emerge in the book, they pass like trays of delectable hors d’oeuvres at a cocktail party. Review: ‘The Hatred of Poetry’: Let’s Count the Ways 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The public can walk amid the blocks, some of which are inscribed with lines of poetry in European and African languages. Grada Kilomba’s Rituals of Resistance 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z As the singer dwelled on one line of poetry, repeating it over and over, Ms. Kar closed her eyes, letting the notes sink in. Where Romantic Poetry in a Fading Language Draws Stadium Crowds 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z “I think I might be the solution,” says Precious, who ends up crafting moving lines of poetry — “A bird is my heart,” she writes. The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Over the past two summers, she and Butler would meet weekly to drink tea in his kitchen and discuss, among other things, lines of poetry. Up Next for Jessie Buckley: More Movies, and Music 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The haunting preview opens with lines of poetry from Whitehead’s award-winning text: “’Ere I saw a dappled wonder settling across the fields / Hovering on angel wings, brandishing a blazing shield.” Amazon teases haunting trailer for Barry Jenkins' take on 'The Underground Railroad' 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z She’s planning a virtual poetry program she calls “A Line Meant” that will let poets and non-poets connect and interpret single lines of poetry. Wisconsin poet laureate looks to use her skills for healing 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z While changing diapers and preparing dinners, she scribbled lines of poetry on notebooks, napkins and the backs of envelopes, ultimately filling the drawers of her desk with completed poems. Marie Ponsot, elegant poet of the sea, stars and her seven-child family, dies at 98 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z You can paint the carnage of battle or put it into lines of poetry. The Man Who Built the Bauhaus 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Now it’s time for Clarke to slip into a Valentino gray tulle, featuring a line of poetry across the bodice — “Leave your door open for me. I might sleepwalk into your arms.” Opinion | Here Be Mother of Dragons 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z In the twenty years since, he hasn’t written a line of poetry. An Artist’s Archeology of the Mind 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Flamboyant wealth has long been discouraged in Finland; a line of poetry capturing this idea — “if you’re lucky, hide it” — is so beloved that it has been set to music. Finland bares personal tax data on ‘National Jealousy Day’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z I hold it in my hands for a moment, savoring the contours of the not-quite-spherical stone, like one savors a line of poetry, letting it linger on the tongue. The road taken by Robert Frost through New England 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Still, there is always a chance that the algorithm will make the heart leap with a few inspired lines of poetry rather than dissonant nonsense. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z In an immediate departure from his predecessor, English quoted a line of poetry in his first press-conference as prime minister, perhaps in an attempt to throw off his reputation as lacking in leadership pizzazz. 'Boring' Bill English spices up first speech as New Zealand's prime minister 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The memorial floor stone contains two lines of poetry, his name and birth and death dates. Westminster Poets' Corner memorial for Philip Larkin - BBC News 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Of course, the irony is that timelessness itself can seem dated; modernism emerged in part to change the acoustics within which lines of poetry were heard. The Post-Postcolonial Poet 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z As Ireland celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule, Mr. Clinton delivered a poetic address, praising the Irish for their inclusive government and weaving lines of poetry from W.B. Bill Clinton Recalls How the Irish Were Key to His Success in New York 1465-06-28T05:00:00Z Over the years, my father and I would often quote lines of poetry as responses to each other, but those closing words in particular became an anthem for us. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z One day, I thought, there wouldn't be a line of poetry I didn't own. A Point of View: Is there still any point collecting books? - BBC News 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Schramm probably missed more than a few meetings to continue these conversations, which ranged from an obscure passage of Plato, to a moving line of poetry, to practical questions of life and happiness. A Professor Who Put Teaching First 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Most were necessitated by the demands of a metered line of poetry, and hence might be thought of more as a simple contraction than a pronominal phrase. Y’all: It’s Older Than We Knew 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Is there a verse or a couple lines of poetry you can share: Rising Chicago rapper was reared on Buddy Guy, not Tupac 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z On a wall of his home he painted a line of poetry: “Glory to the crazy people in this dull life.” Ahmed Fouad Negm, Dissident Poet of Egypt’s Underclass, Dies at 84 2013-12-07T03:27:31Z He avoided questions from reporters about the court orders after filing his nomination papers, responding with only a line of poetry about adversity. Court issues arrest warrant for Pakistani PM nominee 2012-06-21T18:31:16Z He described his method of composition as “word association,” often triggered by a favorite line of poetry. Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:49:14Z If he never wrote a line of poetry save what is contained in that song, the Irish people would be justified in raising a statue of gold to his memory. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Like the storm that had just broken, so he began in low tones to utter lines of poetry. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z These six or seven years past I have not written a line of poetry. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z I do not think I ever made a line of poetry in my life. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The first word of every line of poetry. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Critical thinking is crucial, but English students engage in it whenever they parse a line of poetry or analyze the motives of an unreliable narrator. ?Digital Literacy? Will Never Replace The Traditional Kind 2011-10-26T11:00:08Z A line of poetry by T S Eliot composed at the same time Steinbeck was writing Grapes of Wrath, and Agee and Walker were having their report spiked, says it best. Literary Depression 2011-05-12T00:15:07Z Here and there are lines of poetry that seem now afraid and now defiant of the progress of the play. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z On page 299, there is a hyphen at the end of a line of poetry. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z He opened a drawer, took out a sheet of paper, and wrote down some lines of poetry. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z A couplet, or a few lines of poetry. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The aim was to find a line of poetry that somehow encapsulated the endeavour, the glory and the dance with failure that Olympic sport entails. Tennyson verse chosen to inspire Olympic athletes 2011-03-04T19:45:01Z Did the merry cupids take refuge in his flowers and lines of poetry, while he acted the part of grave invincibility? Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z It would be so inartistic as to be absurd in a line of poetry. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Many years afterward, Bret Harte said with a laugh, “I sometimes wonder that I ever wrote a line of poetry again.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z A copy of Bulfinch’s Mythology lay open to a line of poetry: “O, think how, to his latest day, when death just hovering claimed his prey.” Baghdad Oasis in Rubble, a Cosmopolitan Era Ends 2010-05-21T16:39:00Z Franklin never wrote a line of poetry in his life, but he wrote hundreds of lines of verse, to the great improvement of the faculty which made him the man he was. The True Benjamin Franklin Literature would have been great along the line of poetry; science great along the line of mathematics. The Ifs of History All that they said we dare not tarry to repeat; the City expressed herself in some hundred lines of poetry, the rest rather more briefly. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations He realizes the tragic ineffectuality of his aspiration— “The desire of the moth for the star,” as Shelley expresses it, and in this line of poetry the mood finds imperishable expression. The Vagabond in Literature You may laugh if you like, but I have the best of it; it isn't everybody who can boast of having written five lines of poetry together with Robert Browning. Fragments of an Autobiography By the time Wilbur got the next line of poetry written Bellows was asking Jean if he could take her to lunch. The Eye of Wilbur Mook I have somewhere read this line of poetry: "The boy that loves his mother Is every inch a man," and if ever boy loved his mother, Jack did. The Story of John Wesley Told to Boys and Girls He seems to know the right length for lines of poetry. The Wouldbegoods His favorite line of poetry will be that of Wordsworth: "Fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky." How to See a Play In fact, I think no passable line of poetry would occur to me without its appropriate clothing of music.' The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. It may be questioned whether Rogers ever wrote a single line of poetry. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) I never wrote one single line of poetry with the least shadow of public thought.... Life of John Keats The players sit in a circle and one begins by repeating a line of poetry. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Presently one of them quoted a line of poetry. Memoirs of Life and Literature But in later years Browning became one of the most regular of workers, and considered that day lost on which he had not written at least some lines of poetry. The Brownings Their Life and Art “And you will never let him write another line of poetry?” The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 I couldn't write a line of poetry to save my life, but if I could, I am sure it would be about this table, Miss Blyth. Mrs. Tree In another quotation game the first player repeats a line of poetry and the next follows it with another line of poetry which begins with the last letter of the previous quotation. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Begin with a capital a sentence, a line of poetry, or a quoted sentence. The Century Handbook of Writing Omitted lines of poetry are indicated by a row of 5 dots. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. She never wrote a line of poetry, but when in such moods, every word she uttered was true, pure poetry. Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 And now I put the inquiry: Is there anything else as to the poet's friend that these two thousand lines of poetry state or indicate? Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems The two players sit side by side, and one of them dots out on a piece of paper the words of a proverb or well-known line of poetry. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Even Frank, the most boisterous and outspoken of them all, could be thrown into sudden melancholy by a melody, a line of poetry or a beautiful landscape. A Son of the Middle Border He is said to have considered four lines of poetry a day good work. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 The first thing in scanning a line of poetry is to drop into its rhythm,—to let it sing itself. English: Composition and Literature No other poet, it seems to me, could have filled two thousand lines of poetry with thoughts to, of, or relating to one person of his own sex. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems Do you remember a few lines of poetry of his at the end of his last volume of criticisms? The New Tenant In the latter case we have two lines of poetry from a book which has been lost, and a comparison with similar poetry in almost any literature gives us a clew to its meaning. The New Theology It is strange to me how boys and girls, brought up upon this "study of literature," can ever endure to see the look of a line of poetry again! Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Kinds of Metre.A verse is a single line of poetry. English: Composition and Literature The latter they make in a singularly beautiful style with white and colored straw, which they plait into various figures and patterns—sometimes into names, and even lines of poetry. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests There's heaps and heaps of things that I never wrote a line of poetry about. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch I can hardly ever recall a single line of poetry in the daytime when the sun is shining. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Now, we must each illustrate some proverb at the bottom of the slip, or some line of poetry, if you prefer. Cricket at the Seashore I couldn't write a line of poetry to save my life. Lady Bountiful He began to speak of her in some very poetical phrases; he quoted a line of poetry about Diana and Endymion. The King's Mirror And Browning in a most beautiful line of poetry says the same thing,” he added. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills When a line of poetry is composed of two-syllable feet in which the second syllable bears the accent we call that meter iambic. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Capitalize the first word of every sentence, of every line of poetry, and of every complete sentence that is quoted. Practical Grammar and Composition Perhaps a desire would remain, a breath, a moonlit memory of her loveliness to mumble over now and then, like a line of poetry always unwritten. Erik Dorn You cannot separate the emotion from the thought in any great line of poetry. Milton It's the glory, glory of them lines—Oh, God—what a line of poetry!” The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills His affectations dropped off, he ceased his sentimentalities, and never quoted a single line of poetry. Olive A Novel I don't know a line of poetry, but I can count stars, and I'll tell you of my aspirations in life. The Californians “I never wrote a line of poetry in my life.” Jacob Faithful In the whole range of his voluminous speaking it would be difficult to find either a line of poetry or a classical allusion. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Printed on the banner were two lines of poetry, which at nearer view proved to be a highly appropriate adaptation— “Be good, sweet maid, And let who will be charming!” A College Girl The Very Young Man after a time found himself murmuring familiar lines of poetry. The Girl in the Golden Atom When Frank learned a few lines of poetry, he asked to be allowed to say them to his father. By the Christmas Fire If the passage omitted be of very considerable length, for instance if it be a complete paragraph, or if a line of poetry be omitted, the asterisks are placed in a line by themselves. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students When quotation marks occur at the beginning of a line of poetry, they should go back into the indention space. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically Use a capital letter to begin every line of poetry. Capitals A Primer of Information about Capitalization with some Practical Typographic Hints as to the Use of Capitals Its earliest use was that of marking the end of the music belonging to a line of poetry. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Tucket had a line of poetry to suit his case:— "'And then some prayed—the first time in some years;'" he said, quoting Byron. The Drummer Boy I remember a line of poetry—'a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.' The Honour of the Flag A single bracket is used to enclose the ending of a long line of poetry which will not fit the register and has to be run over into an adjoining line. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically I have a boy I hire occasionally, but he hasn't the least talent in the line of poetry, and I know my customers will miss that. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley The dear man couldn't repeat a line of poetry to save his life. All Aboard A Story for Girls Sometimes he would grow abstracted in the train of his own thought, and Father Ignatius Rice remembers an occasion when he was one of a group discussing really bad lines of poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton In the Museum they have drawled out the tune to twelve lines of poetry, which is —— nonsense. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Conclusion.—To her every event of history, every fact of mathematics and science, every line of poetry, every passage of literature is pregnant with meaning, dynamic, vibrant, dramatic, and prophetic. The Vitalized School And here I will give a chance specimen out of my "Septuagint of Worthies," to each one of whom I have appropriated a page or two of explanatory prose besides his fourteen lines of poetry. My Life as an Author H.C. felt that he should never write another line of poetry; the tobacco fumes had taken an opium effect upon me, and I began to see visions and imagined ourselves in Dante's Inferno. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 Hugo addressed a few touching lines of poetry to the king, and with allusions to the dead and the newly born, besought a pardon. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business He writes verses, Frank, but of course there is not a line of poetry in him: his verses are good enough though, well-turned, I mean, and sharp, if not witty. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 There is, also, in almost every line of poetry, a pause at or near its middle, which is called the caesura. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader The memory of the look in the Cap'n's eyes, evoked by so innocent a proposition as the reading of six thousand lines of poetry to him, made Mr. Tate's fluttering heart bang against his ribs. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Her hands touched the grass to either side her body; her slender, blue-clad figure, the all of her, smote him like some god's line of poetry. Foes Later Eileen remembered how she had taken this reply for a line of poetry. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes But now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals In order to keep his intellect undulled by the routine of his dreary work, Matthew Arnold was wont to write a few lines of poetry each day. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology There are four lines of poetry which every English-speaking man and woman should learn by heart, and I shall close this address with them. Side Lights I have remembered always one line of poetry you showed me at Como. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India An amusing recognition of these limitations is vouched for by a friend, who erased a line of poetry from a manuscript copy of a public address by Douglas. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics But such a line of poetry would I think be impossible in India or in any country to the East of it. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Once an Englishman slips the leash of his sentiment and quotes even a line of poetry, it carries him far afield. The Honorable Percival Why should there be a short pause at the end of each line of poetry, even where the sense does not require it? 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading Besides, I've never composed a line of poetry in my life. The Sorcery Club In the whole range of his voluminous speaking, it would be difficult to find either a line of poetry or a classical allusion. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Molière was a great prose writer, but I do not remember a line of poetry in the whole of his work in verse. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory If you are cruel enough to press him, he will unconsciously betray the fact that he has never felt a line of poetry in his life. Some Private Views Probably his mind had been wandering into the past, and recalling his boyhood; for he quoted a line of poetry which he had been wont to use in those early days. Famous Americans of Recent Times Two lines of poetry were written on the paper, in order that, if Palmer was really there, he should make it known by capping the verses. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style In a case of aroused interest he could absorb an astonishing number of dates, or figures, or lines of poetry, at first glance or hearing. The Soul of a Child Though there are some lines of poetry in the Fifth Reader which seem to show that the governor missed a real sacrament. Vandemark's Folly Every sentence and every line of poetry begin with capitals. Composition-Rhetoric "I have never written a line of poetry," said Jay. This Is the End Improved reading, and recitation of not less than seventy-five lines of poetry. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V I was very pleased with some lines of poetry one day, and asked my mother who wrote them. Reminiscences of Tolstoy Somewhere I had heard a line of poetry, A thing of beauty is a joy for ever, and now it came into my mind, and for the first time I thoroughly understood what it meant. Allan Quatermain Names of Verse.+—A single line of poetry is called a verse. Composition-Rhetoric "What a terrible line of poetry! … though I have felt it myself about my fellow-creatures, at morbid times." Jude the Obscure Three hundred lines of poetry, not before brought up, repeated; with knowledge of meaning and allusions, and of the derivations of words. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Ridley murmured a few lines of poetry under his breath, and remarked, as if to conceal the fact that he had done so, "Very hot to-day." The Voyage Out Where we want to indent a line of poetry, we can use " " at the start of the line. The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 Just as we expect a recurrence of accent in a line, so may we expect a recurrence of similar sounds at the end of certain lines of poetry. Composition-Rhetoric I was thinking—I was thinking of that photograph in the next room—and a line of poetry.' Eleanor But sleep will not come; there are only thoughts and dreams and lines of poetry and sentimentality. Look Back on Happiness He shouted out a line of poetry, but the words escaped him, and he stumbled among lines and fragments of lines which had no meaning at all except for the beauty of the words. The Voyage Out There is magic in such names; but unfortunately in most cases the reader will find only an alluring title and a few scattered lines of poetry; the rest is Whitman. 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 I remember a line of poetry, learnt in my earliest youth, and which I believe to have emanated from a sentimental Frenchman, a man of genius, with whom my parents were acquainted. The Three Clerks These were the only lines of poetry and prose Father wrote. My Boyhood Bein' jest married, I had a good deal of influence over him; and he promised me sacred, to never, never, as long as he lived and breathed, try to write another line of poetry agin. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician What peculiar use of capitals do you discover in these lines of poetry? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Then we would read together, in the half-darkened 'parlour,' something not very deep, but beautiful, like Hawthorne's stories; or we would together seek for these perfect lines of poetry which haunt the memory. The Claim Jumpers Never could remember two lines of poetry in my life.' Phantom Fortune, a Novel So poor in one sense was it that he never could remember for more than a few days a single date or a line of poetry. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents And then was the time, then and there, that I made him promise on the Old Testament, never to try to write a line of poetry agin. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician It is only just to Coleridge to recognize the fact that even if he had never written a line of poetry, his prose would entitle him to be ranked among England's greatest critics. Halleck's New English Literature An odour will sometimes set the blood coursing in an old emotion, and a line of poetry is the resurrection and the life. Adventures in Contentment K. and I continue to learn twenty lines of poetry a day, and I do not find it unpleasant, though the 'Deserted Village' is rather monotonous. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals Now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry; I have tried lately to read Shakspeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents Cynically, he recalled some lines of poetry which he had had to write out a hundred times on one occasion at school as a punishment for having introduced a white mouse into chapel. Three Men and a Maid "I couldn't write a line of poetry if I tried from now till Commencement." Betty Wales, Sophomore Every line of poetry begins with a capital; "Breathes there a man with soul so dead?" How to Speak and Write Correctly She must watch them, for a touch of the tool in the wrong place might alter the whole expression of the face, as a wrong accent in the reader will spoil a line of poetry. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals My dear Smith," he began, "you repeated last night two lines of poetry which moved me strangely. Here, There and Everywhere Doesn't it seem strange, that when I am at the last gasp with agony, I should find myself thinking of lines of poetry? Love's Pilgrimage "For," said she, "I am very famous for my rhymes, though I never made a line of poetry in my life." The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 Of verbal memory he had very little; in spite of all his reading I do not believe he knew half a dozen consecutive lines of poetry by heart. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 One tells how a young monk was set to write some lines of poetry to be put upon the tomb where his master was buried. English Literature for Boys and Girls I remember a blockhead saying that certain lines of poetry were nonsense. The Recreations of a Country Parson I recall no single line of poetry in the language that fills my imagination like that beginning the second stanza:— "Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me." Birds and Poets : with Other Papers I have made a line of poetry without realizing it, God forgive me. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Did you ever hear that line of poetry which speaks of 'A woman wailing for her demon-lover'? A Romance of Two Worlds Tell me something to amuse me, smut or a bloody good ghoststory or a line of poetry, quick, quick, quick! Ulysses But perhaps he would be doing far better if he never allowed the child to hear a fairy-tale or a line of poetry. The Whirlpool Pope, or somebody else, had a line of poetry like that. Wives and Daughters The blank places were filled up with pencil-writing, which looked as if it might be lines of poetry: which in truth it was—Spanish improvisations breathing burning love and passionate longing. The Malady of the Century It is safe to say that no single phrase of music or line of poetry is without variation; more, that a rhythm without variation would be highly disagreeable. The Psychology of Beauty For example one of those policemen sweating Irish stew into their shirts you couldn't squeeze a line of poetry out of him. Ulysses The two lines of poetry were undoubtedly his. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott I remember such a pretty line of poetry, "Oh, call her fair, not pale!"—so we'll call you fair.' Wives and Daughters There was not a line of poetry in it, and scarcely a figure or simile, and yet it was poetical. A First Family of Tasajara I cried; "doesn't she look like a line of poetry?" Stepping Heavenward She would smile upon him with intense fondness, when, after wasting hours over a few lines of poetry, he would misplace all the adjectives and barbarously entreat the metre. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Why, taking the Lord's name in vain ain't nothing to a line of poetry spurted of a sudden in one of them dead-and-gone languages. 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