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Page 105 of 1051906 · PDF PAGE 192
186 THE SWORD OF SONG of our disasters the sun, the moon, and_ the stars; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major; so that it follows…
1904 · PDF PAGE 51
THE SWORD OF SONG 44 of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we w ere villains b y necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on ; an admirable evasion of w horemaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star ! My father compounded with my mother under the dragon’s tail, and my nativity was under ursa major ; so that it fo…
1904 · PDF PAGE 61
THE SWORD OF SONG 54 night, often working forty hours at a time, work which he destined to entrace the world. All England should ring with his praises; by- and-by the whole world should know his name. Of these works none of the longer and more ambitious remains. How they w ere lost, and how those fragments we possess were saved, is best told by relating the romantic and almost incredible story of his life. The known facts of this life are few, vague, and unsatisfactory ; the more definite state- ments lack corroboration, and almost the only sou…
1906 · PDF PAGE 203
…es of poems whose originality is always striking, and often dread- ful, in its broader features. We cannot leave George Bishop without a word of inquiry as to what became of the heroic figure of Mathilde Doriac. It is a bitter task to have to write in cold blood the dread- ful truth about her death. She had the mis- fortune to contract, in the last few days of her life with him, the same terrible disease which he describes in the last poem of his coilection. ‘This shock, coming so soon after, and, as it were, aS an unholy perpetual reminder of …
1904 · PDF PAGE 62
…s of poems whose originality is alw ays striking, and often dread- ful, in its broader features. We cannot leave George Bishop without a word of inquiry as to what became of the heroic figure of Mathilde D oriac. It is a bitter task to have to write in cold blood the dread- ful truth about her death. She had the mis- fortune to contract, in the last few days of her life with him, the same terrible disease which he described in the last poem of his collection. This shock, coming so soon after, and, as it were, as an unholy perpetual reminder of …
1909 · PDF PAGE 409
…a the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the book than any words of critical appreciation: “The Virgin lies at Bethlehem. She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) (Bring gold and frankincense and myrth :) ‘The root of David shootsa stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (0 Holy Spirit, shadow her !) " Lieut..Col. Gormley writes : “The bymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt…
1909 · PDF PAGE 409
…a the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the book than any words of critical appreciation: “The Virgin lies at Bethlehem. She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) (Bring gold and frankincense and myrth :) ‘The root of David shootsa stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (0 Holy Spirit, shadow her !) " Lieut..Col. Gormley writes : “The bymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt…
1913 · PDF PAGE 593
…are on the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the than any words of critical appreciation: “The Virgin lies at Bethlehem. “She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrch (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her!)”" Lieut,-Col, Gormley writes—“The hymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt excell…
1913 · PDF PAGE 593
…are on the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the than any words of critical appreciation: “The Virgin lies at Bethlehem. “She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrch (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her!)”" Lieut,-Col, Gormley writes—“The hymns ordinarily used in churches for devotional purposes are no doubt excell…
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
…n the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the Look than any words of critical appreciation: which the author, ueen, a mind of an engaging naiveté, un- can be cordially “The Virgin lies at Bethlehem. “She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) (Bring gold and frankincense and myrth !) ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !)"" Gormley writes—‘The hymns …
1912 · PDF PAGE 422
…n the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the Look than any words of critical appreciation: which the author, ueen, a mind of an engaging naiveté, un- can be cordially “The Virgin lies at Bethlehem. “She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) (Bring gold and frankincense and myrth !) ‘The root of David shoots a stem. ‘The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !) (O Holy Spirit, shadow her !)"" Gormley writes—‘The hymns …