 | John Duncan Quackenbos - 1918 - 346 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb." " Hagnhild, what are you aiming at ? I marvel at your insight, at the breadth and the height and the... | |
 | 1926 - 560 Seiten
...mute and motionless • .Steals but a glunce from time. '. But by the mighty Actor brought Illusions wedded triumphs come; Verse ceases to be airy thought And sculpture to be dumb. i. But who forgets that white disc-row netl head, Those bursts of reason's half extinguished glare,... | |
 | Grace Sloan Overton - 1926 - 318 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time; But by the mighty actor brought, Illusions perfect triumphs come; Verse ceases to be airy thought And sculpture to be dumb. The Church is beginning again to express a frank appreciation of the tremendous potential force in... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1926 - 272 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of Time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb. 236 Even if the actor is riot a Kemble and does not receive the homage of a Campbell, even if he is... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1927 - 196 Seiten
...painting mute & motionless Steals but one glance from time But by the mighty Actor brought Illusions wedded triumphs come Verse ceases to be airy thought And sculpture to be dumb — But who forgets that white discrowned head Those bursts of reasons half extinguished glare Those... | |
 | 1900 - 874 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought Illusion's perfect triumphs come; Verse ceases to be airy thought And Sculpture to be dumb. There is another point of view which I would fain touch upon before I end this paper — and that is... | |
 | 1877 - 948 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance at Time ; But by the mighty actor brought Illusion's perfect triumphs come ; Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.' IV. I have been endeavouring so to arrange these remarks, as to proceed, as it were, from without inwards... | |
 | R. Swinburne Clymer - 1996 - 242 Seiten
...of the large audience by his wonderful eloquence. "When by the mighty speaker brought Truth's sacred triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb." This gentleman may well be called the American Timon, for the entertainment last evening was a perfectly... | |
 | 1877 - 948 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance at Time ; But by the mighty actor brought Illusion's perfect triumphs come ; Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.' IV. I have been endeavouring so to arrange these remarks, as to proceed, as it were, from without inwards... | |
 | 1900 - 884 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought Illusion's perfect triumphs come; Verse ceases to be airy thought And Sculpture to be dumb. There is another point of view which I would fain touch upon before I end this paper— and that is... | |
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For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be... 
