đ ‘Home-Thoughts, From the Sea’ (1845) Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away;Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay;Bluish ‘mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay;In the dimmest North-East distance, dawned Gibraltar grand and gray;“Here and here did England help me: how can I help England?”âsay,Whoso turns as […]
đ’How to write a Letter’ Maria intended a letter to write,But could not begin (as she thought) to indite;So went to her mother with pencil and slate,Containing âDear Sisterâ, and also a date. âWith nothing to say, my dear girl, do not thinkOf wasting your time over paper and ink;But certainly this is an excellent
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đ ‘Consolation’ ALL are not taken; there are left behind Living Beloveds, tender looks to bring And make the daylight still a happy thing,And tender voices, to make soft the wind:But if it were not soâif I could find No love in all this world for comforting, Nor any path but hollowly did ringWhere ‘dust to dust’ the love
As we draw close to the first anniversary of these regular Learn English through Literature Lessons, I thought it would be a nice celebration to read and reflect on inspiring English language poetry this week. đ As you will see, some of the poets we are considering are less well-known, so all the more reason
đ “… The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have. Youâve plenty; thatâs the great thing; youâre, as I say, damn you, so happily and hatefully young. Donât at any rate miss things out of stupidity. Of course I donât take you for a fool, or I shouldnât
đ âLive all you can; itâs a mistake not to. It doesnât so much matter what you do in particular so long as you have your life. If you havenât had that what have you had? Iâm too oldâ too old at any rate for what I see. What one loses one loses; make no
đ ‘The young people were all wild to see Lyme ⊠and to Lyme they were to go – Charles, Mary, Anne, Henrietta, Louisa, and Captain Wentworth.’ – Jane Austen, Persuasion (1818) ⊠I was re-listening to the audiobook version of one of my favourite Austen novels â Persuasion â when this sentence inspired me
In our passage from Sir Walter Scott’s great historical novel Waverley (which we looked at in Part 1 of this Lesson), we see how Edward Waverley meets with Flora MacIvor and her companion Cathleen in a remote spot in the Scottish Highlands, where Flora plays on the harp and sings enchanting (fascinating) songs. Waverley is
We are so used to having a wide range of historical fiction titles at our fingertips (accessible to us) that we sometimes forget there was once a writer who began to research and write such works. Many scholars agree that Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish novelist and poet, was such a writer. His 1814 classic
đ âMarilla, isnât it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?â âIâll warrant youâll make plenty in it,â said Marilla. âI never saw your beat for making mistakes, Anne.â âYes, and well I know it,â admitted Anne mournfully. âBut have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about
A few days ago, I mentioned how I enjoy painting whenever I have the opportunity. đš To be honest, there was a time when I thought I would pursue this interest more professionally. But for now, I just enjoy it as a pastime – that said, the urge to perfect paintings or drawings is still
đ ⊠For Mark had some practical knowledge of such matters, and Martin learned of him; whereas the other settlers who remained upon the putrid swamp (a mere handful, and those withered by disease), appeared to have wandered there with the idea that husbandry was the natural gift of all mankind. They helped each other