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Page 112 of 1121906 · PDF PAGE 201
…ivolous and scoffing sensualist ; besides a host of others, most alike in this, that, below the cloak of madness and depravity, the true heart of genius burns. No more terrible period than this is to be found in literature; so many great minds, of which hardly one comes to fruition ; such seeds of genius, such a harvest of—whirlwind! Even a barren waste of sea is less saddening than one strewn with wreckage. In England such wild song found few fol- lowers of any worth or melody. Swinburne stands on his solitary pedestal above the vulgar crowds …
1929 · PDF PAGE 375
…ad of building himself a better house. We all cling to outworn customs of every kind and lie to ourselves about love when we know in our hearts that there is no more oil in the lamp, and that the best thing we can do is to look for a new one. We are afraid to lose whatever we have. We have not the sense to see that whatever it may be, it is bound to go sooner or later, that when it does its place will be filled by something just as good, and nothing is more stupid than to try to set back the sun upon the dial of Ahaz. As soon as we learn that e…
1929 · PDF PAGE 349
… scholarship. Unfortunately again, Mudd was the mainstay of the hope of the college for the forthcoming Tripos, and Mudd himself had the heart of a lion. He dared the dean to do his damndest in the most uncompromising language. Once again the wretched creature had to draw in his horns. Only after I had left the battlefield to seek other victories did he succeed in bullying Mudd into resignation from the society by frightening his father. Mudd gave his promise to have no more to do with it --- and promptly broke it. The Pan society won all along…
1904 · PDF PAGE 60
…ivolous and scoffing sensualist ; besides a host of others, most alike in this, that, below the cloak of madness and depravity, the true heart of genius burns. No more terrible period than this is to be found in literature ; so many great minds, of which hardly one comes to fruition ; such seed of genius, such a harvest of—whirlwind ! Even a barren waste of sea is less saddening than one strewn with wreckage. In England such wild song found few fol- lowers of any worth or melody. Swinburne stands on his solitary pedastal above the vulgar crowds…
1906 · PDF PAGE 200
…y—drink no intoxicating drinks ! When I go to take Pansil,* it is in no spirit of servile morality; it is with keen sorrow gnawing at my heart. ‘These five causes of sorrow are indeed the heads of the serpent of Desire. Four at least of them snap their fangs on me in and by virtue of my very act of re- ceiving the commands, and of promising to obey them; if there is a little difficulty about the fifth, it is an omission easily rectified -- and I think we should all make a point about that; there is great virtue in completeness. Yes! Do not beli…
1904 · PDF PAGE 59
…k no intoxicating drinks! When I go to take Pansil, * it is in no spirit of servile morality; it is w ith keen sorrow gnawing at my heart. These five causes of sorrow are indeed the heads of the serpent of Desire. Four at least of them snap their fans on me in and by virtue of my very act of receiving the commands, and of promising to obey them; if there is a little difficulty about the fifth, it is an omission easily rectified—and I think we should all make a point about that; there is great virtue in completeness. Yes! Do not believe tha…
1906 · PDF PAGE 203
… shall be because my work is for all times and all men, because it is greater than all the gods of chance and change, because it has the heart of the human race beating in every line.”* This is a patch of magenta to mauve, undoubtedly; but—! The present collection of verses will hardly be popular; if the lost works turn up, of course it may be that there may be found ‘‘ shelter for songs that recede.”’ Still, even here, one is, on the whole, more attracted than repelled; the author has enormous power, and he never scruples to use it, to drive u…
1904 · PDF PAGE 62
… shall be because my work is for all times and all men, because it is greater than all the gods of chance and change, because it has the heart of the human race beating in every line.” This is a patch of magenta to mauve, undoubtedly ; but — ! The present collection of verses w ill hardly be popular ; if the lost works turn up, of course it may be that there may be found “shelter for songs that recede.” Still, even here, one is, on the w hole, more attracted than repelled ; the author has enormous power, and he never scruples to use it, to driv…