And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal... Sohrab and Rustum: And Other Poems - Page 205by Matthew Arnold - 1907 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1865 - 538 pages
...often make mistakes, and I wish mine to redound to my own discredit only, and not to touch Oxford. Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1865 - 334 pages
...often make mistakes, and I wish mine to redound to my own discredit only, and not to touch Oxford. Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who... | |
| 1865 - 540 pages
...mistakes, and I wish mine to redound to my own discredit only, and not to touch Oxford. Beautiful oily ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce...intellectual life of our century, so serene ! ' There are o«r young barbarians, all at play.' And yet, steeped in sentiment as slie lies, spreading her garments... | |
| 1865 - 1022 pages
...often make mistakes, aud I wish mine to redound to my own discredit only, and not to touch Oxford. Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual litu of our century, so serene ! "There arc our young barbarians, all at play.' And yet, steeped in... | |
| Henry C. Pedder - 1874 - 200 pages
...into the spirit of Matthew Arnold's remark when, in speaking of Oxford as his alma-mater, he says : " Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our country, so serene ! There are our young barbarians, all at play ! And yet, steeped in sentiment as... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1875 - 468 pages
...often make mistakes, and I wish mine to redound to my own discredit only, and not to touch Oxford. Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, at so serene ! | hi 4 There are our young barbarians, all at play I ' da And yet, steeped in sentiment... | |
| Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - 1878 - 764 pages
...their recriminations. BAOFORI). 3 H "Beautiful city," to quote the glowing words of Matthew Arnold, " Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene I ' There are our young barbarians, all at play.' And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading... | |
| Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - 1878 - 712 pages
...recriminationB. " Beautiful city," to quote the glowing words of Matthew Arnold, " Beautiful city 1 so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene I ' There are our young barbarians, all at play.' And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading... | |
| Mortimer Collins - 1879 - 292 pages
...Oxford : " Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties." " Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who... | |
| Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1879 - 296 pages
...Oxford : " Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties." " Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...! ' There are our young barbarians, all at play.' MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 87 •And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight,... | |
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